The Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Mohammad Abubakar, said the federal government would put in place measures to harness technological innovations to boost agriculture.
Abubakar said this at the North East regional validation exercise of the draft National Agricultural Technology and Innovation Policy NATIP 2022-2025 in Gombe.
He said the policy would ensure food and nutrition security as well as promote export of agricultural produce, create jobs and boost wealth creation for the country.
Represented by Zonal Director, North East, Umaru Mohammed, the minister stated that the administration of President Muhammadu Buhari was committed to strengthening the country’s capacity to feed its citizens.
According to him, the federal government, through the agric ministry, organised NATIP to facilitate a new policy framework to succeed the Agricultural Promotion Policy APP 2016-2020.
