FG Urges CRIN,Other Research Institutions Align With Tinubu’s Food Security Agenda As Experts Identify Why Food Scarcity Lingers
FG Urges CRIN,Other Research Institutions Align With Tinubu’s Food Security Agenda As Experts Identify Why Food Scarcity Lingers Agricultural Research Institutions has been advised to annex all the other sectors of agriculture to address the urgent food scarcity and insecurities in the country. The Hon. Minister for agriculture and natural development Mohammad Mahmood Abubakar dropped this hint during the 2023/24 in-house research reports of the Cocoa Research Institute of Nigeria (CRIN). Represented by Prof. Garuba Hamidu Sharubutu from the Agricultural Research Council of Nigeria insists that high cost of fertilizers, manpower and high cost of renting farm equipment remain key factors why food is not sufficient in the country. The Federal Government however urged researchers and institutes in the agricultural sector to align their research with President Bola Tinubu’s Renewed Hope Agenda on food security in order to have enough food to ...