The Chairman, Contec Global Agro Limited (CGAL), a subsidiary of Contec Global, Dr. Benoy Berry and the Chairman Board of Trustees (BoT) of the Nigeria Biotechnology Society (BSN) who is also the Vice Chancellor of Taraba State University, Jalingo, Prof. Vincent Tenebe, have called on both the federal and state governments to use bio solutions and inputs to boost the country’s agricultural production.
Berry made the disclosure while conducting the BSN board members round the company’s tissue culture and microbiological facilities in Abuja, recently.
He explained that using and deploying bio solutions or inputs sourced locally, using microbes and bacteria from Nigeria’s soil, was the safest way to guarantee the country’s food security.
According to him, the global trend of agricultural production is the application of organic fertiliser to boost food production, stressing that chemical fertiliser is gradually being phased out as farm input because of its health implication.
Tenebe and the President of BSN, Prof. Benjamin Ewu Ubi, who were impressed with the state-of-the-art agro solution facilities, commended Berry for investing in the agriculture sector.
Tenebe said: “The executive members of BSN are highly impressed with the performance of Contec Global Agro Ltd. The society is ready to collaborate with the company to further actualise the company’s objective of meeting farmers’ need for high agricultural yield.”
Also speaking, Ubi noted that the application of bio-based innovation to drive food security in the country can be achieved through partnership and collaboration, to upscale science and technology innovation in the country.
