National Assembly galvanises support for mechanized food productivity

*Minister hails the NBS, Lalong commends

The National Assembly representatives at the 45^th  National Council on Agriculture and Rural Development (NCARD) have both posited that value chain food productivity through the use of modern technologies be intensified to reduce drudgery, and enhance high productivity for food security and wealth creation, just as the Federal Ministry of Agriculture and rural development (FMARD) has promised improvement through the establishment of cottage industries to enhance competitiveness and comparative advantages.

FG cancels Agric council meeting for 2020

The National Council Meeting on Agricultural originally slated to hold in Abuja between 16th and 18 of December  2020 for policy implementation  has been cancelled by the Federal Government. This was publicly announced by the Permanent Secretary of the Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (FMARD) Dr. Abdulkarid Muasu.

Plateau set to host 44th National Council meeting on Agriculture.

The year 2020 National Council on Agricultural and Rural Development (NCARD) will take place in Plateau state between 20th to 24th April as stakeholders in the sector from all the federation are expected to converge for the purpose of giving approvals to  paper of memorandum for the year food security and commercialization implementation.