The federal government has announced plans to revitalise Nigeria’s textile industry with the introduction of Bt Cotton, noting that the move would create massive employment particularly for Nigerian farmers in the country.
The Director-General, National Agricultural Biotechnology Development Agency NABDA, Abdullahi Mustapha, stated this at a one day cotton farmers’ and other stakeholders training workshop in Abuja.
He stated that the federal government determining to solve the challenge, has introduced commercialised Bt cotton in Nigeria, maintaining that the initiative is already been accepted by farmers.
Also speaking, the Country Coordinator, Open Forum on Agricultural Biotechnology, Rose Gidado, said the workshop was designed to keep farmers and stakeholders abreast with new trends in the cotton industry.
