The federal government has. has demonstrated a strong political commitment to the development of agriculture, said the Director General of Feed Nigeria Summit, Richard Mark Mbaram.
Mbaram, who spoke in Lagos, noted that the administration of President Muhammad Bukhari responded to the challenges of this sector through the program of the National School Feed Program and other measures to increase the productivity of small farmers.
According to him, the school feeding program assumes providing clear ways to increase the efficiency of the sector, which will lead to wealth and job creation, poverty reduction and food safety.
He stressed the political will demonstrated by the government to increase rice production throughout the country, including steps taken to achieve the agenda of government reforms.
Mbaram noted that Nigeria can feed and feed itself, adding that the Nigeria summit on feeds – to prove that agriculture can feed the nation.
He called for efforts to support small farmers, their linkage to local markets and the promotion of national integration.
According to him, the annual forum unites experts and leaders who confront these challenges based on the latest science that ask complex but necessary questions in which Nigerians radically rethink their approach to nutrition systems.
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