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February 1, 2020
TheMinister of Agriculture and Rural Development Sabo Nanono has expressed contentmentwith improvement in the country’s strategic grains reserve.
Nanonomade this known while on an inspection tour of one of the country’s grainsreserves in Zamfara State. He said the improvement was achieved throughinterventions from the Federal Government to mop up excess grains from themarket.
Accordingto the Minister, the mop up has been able to stabilise prices and preventedfarmers from incurring debt due to glut. He gave assurance that the FederalGovernment would embark on more interventions to ensure adequate food toNigerians and other neighbouring countries.
Nanonoalso noted that ensuring food security was important to Nigeria in view of thefact that it was not only feeding itself but neighbouring countries.
Earlier,the Director of Food and Strategic Reserve, Ministry of Agriculture, SuleHaruna said the reserve in Zamfara state is automated to ensure transparencyand accountability.