The Federal Government says agricultural research will be a priority for improved seeds to boost food production and improve the economy.
Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development Mohammed Abubakar stated this at a working visit to the Agricultural Research Council of Nigeria, ARCN in Abuja.
He also noted that research was very key to development, saying to have a meaningful agriculture, there must be researches and innovations.
Abubakar assured the Research Council of his support and cooperation saying that Nigeria needed a strong base to ensure food security.
The Minister also stressed that agriculture can make a difference, it is your responsibility to research, develop, make innovations to make Nigeria self-sufficient to be able to export anything we want through innovative researches, and ARCN and Agriculture will make that difference.
Abubakar, while commenting on prices of food stuffs, the minister said that the Government was doing everything possible to bring the prices of food stuffs down by collaborating with international organisations to boost agriculture.
Earlier, the Executive Secretary, Agricultural Research Council of Nigeria (ARCN), Garba Sharubutu, assured of the Council’s support to the minister and the diversification agenda of President Buhari which is aimed at achieving nutrition and food security, reducing poverty rate and improving the Agribusiness in the Agric sector.
