The Head, Department of Agriculture, ECOWAS Commission Abuja, Ernest Aubee says Nigeria is one of the leading countries in West Africa that have taken the lead in efforts to mainstream organic agriculture in school curriculum.
Aubee, who is also Chairman of the Regional Steering Committee, Ecological Organic Agriculture, EOA initiative in Nigeria said this at a workshop on “Understanding Organic Agriculture for Curriculum Development”, organised by EOA in Abuja.
He said that the workshop was aimed at seeing how best to mainstream organic agriculture into the school curriculum to encourage and promote its sustainability in the country.
Aubee encouraged other ECOWAS member states to follow suit and start work immediately on how best to make sure that organic agriculture became part and parcel of their curriculum from primary to the highest level of education.
The Acting Executive Secretary, Agricultural Research Council of Nigeria, Saidu Madagwa said that the importance of the workshop could not be over emphasised.
