On the surface, this sounds like a good idea. But 10 - 15 universities in one swoop looks like we will end up with glorified secondary schools (going by our experience). What would be my timeline is that we should strengthen our agriculture policy, improve funding for Research Institutes, improve ex...

Any plans for other parts of the country? Any information on that would be appreciated

Nice!

Lol @ jamb kwesion.

Seriously, is it not possible to have a private sector driven produce boards? Heck they can compete to give farmers the best inputs and prices.

Whao! This is one question I have been asking myself. How come we have not progressed beyond the hoe? For how many years!!!

But this dribbler thing is really cool! I am impressed! You need to mass produce this men! Well done!

I agree. Produce boards are good. But I am wary of most things government here. In other countries are produce boards privately owned?

Why can't the government designate like Calabar or Port Harcourt Port as agriculture export port?

Great post

The yield of 850kg/hectare does not sound encouraging. Some literature give yield of up to 1.5tonne/hectare which can fetch farmers turnover of up to 500k per hectare.

Adulterated fertiliser Adulterated fertiliser threatens Nigeria’s food security Nigeria quest for food security is under threats as farmers continue to record failed crop due to the use of adulterated and fake fertilisers that lacks the required nutrients needed by crops. Reports from Cross River, K...