As Nigeria continues the effort to diversify the economy and put a stop to its over dependence on oil agriculture has been highlighted as a sector that will change the country’s economic fortunes.
According to the Minister of Agriculture, Dr Muhammad Abubakar, the agricultural sector contributes about 23 percent of the nation’s gross domestic product.
The past few years have been very challenging for farmers in the north.
The region where a bulk of our food items are cultivated. Many farmers are unable to access their farms due to insecurity and those who can get into their farmlands have to pay levies to terrorists for their safety.
We are days to the new year and a few months left for the Buhari administration to achieve its goal of making food sufficient and curbing importation of foreign goods.
Covener, Feed Nigeria Now, Africanfarmer Mogaji says again, lofty and lovely documents have been put together with implementation not satisfactory.
Mr Mogaji said the goals projected with almost all policies were not achieved.
What we were told vis-a-vis what we have now are not the same.
According to him, we blame everything happening in the agricultural sector on insecurity but that is not the case.
He said insecurity or no insecurity, the minister could still confirm that farmers go to farm and in some places, they have to pay to access their Farms meaning it’s not core insecurity.
Mr Mogaji noted that beyond that which is obvious to everyone, the main issues are around policies and implementation.
What we have are half baked policies that mostly don’t involve the stakeholders, policies that are handed over to players for them to adapt.
He noted that the Agriculture space is wide and communication is the biggest, stakeholders need to be carried along especially when it comes to implementation of Agric policies.
Explaining the issue of tractors and tractor drivers, Africanfarmer Mogaji said you can drive a tractor like a vehicle but when the implement is being attached, its a different thing entirely.
The tractor according to him drags the soil when you are turning around the soil it drags the herbicides or insecticides to take care of the weeds. And as the crops grow older, another different skill is needed.
He noted that a lot of training is needed which invariably means capacity development.
Capacity needs to be developed as technology is constantly evolving.
The mindset of farmers have to be put into consideration before designing any program.
Mr Mogaji added that the Buhari administration meant well and funded the sector heavily but unfortunately most of the funding did not go to farmers, and most of the ones they got were not mostly utilised.
“Many of them got inputs which was sold because they were looking at national cake.
“The funding mostly always does not get to the farmers at the right time.
“Once farmers are not given inputs at the right time in terms of the inputs promised, once the harvest begins to go down, the next thing they do is to sell the inputs off.
“The funding almost always is released at the wrong time but the application starts very early”, he said.
As Nigeria continues the effort to diversify the economy and put a stop to its over dependence on oil agriculture has been highlighted as a sector that will change the country’s economic fortunes.
According to the Minister of Agriculture, Dr Muhammad Abubakar, the agricultural sector contributes about 23 percent of the nation’s gross domestic product.
The past few years have been very challenging for farmers in the north.
The region where a bulk of our food items are cultivated. Many farmers are unable to access their farms due to insecurity and those who can get into their farmlands have to pay levies to terrorists for their safety.
We are days to the new year and a few months left for the Buhari administration to achieve its goal of making food sufficient and curbing importation of foreign goods.
Covener, Feed Nigeria Now, Africanfarmer Mogaji says again, lofty and lovely documents have been put together with implementation not satisfactory.
Mr Mogaji said the goals projected with almost all policies were not achieved.
What we were told vis-a-vis what we have now are not the same.
According to him, we blame everything happening in the agricultural sector on insecurity but that is not the case.
He said insecurity or no insecurity, the minister could still confirm that farmers go to farm and in some places, they have to pay to access their Farms meaning it’s not core insecurity.
Mr Mogaji noted that beyond that which is obvious to everyone, the main issues are around policies and implementation.
What we have are half baked policies that mostly don’t involve the stakeholders, policies that are handed over to players for them to adapt.
He noted that the Agriculture space is wide and communication is the biggest, stakeholders need to be carried along especially when it comes to implementation of Agric policies.
Explaining the issue of tractors and tractor drivers, Africanfarmer Mogaji said you can drive a tractor like a vehicle but when the implement is being attached, its a different thing entirely.
The tractor according to him drags the soil when you are turning around the soil it drags the herbicides or insecticides to take care of the weeds. And as the crops grow older, another different skill is needed.
He noted that a lot of training is needed which invariably means capacity development.
Capacity needs to be developed as technology is constantly evolving.
The mindset of farmers have to be put into consideration before designing any program.
Mr Mogaji added that the Buhari administration meant well and funded the sector heavily but unfortunately most of the funding did not go to farmers, and most of the ones they got were not mostly utilised.
“Many of them got inputs which was sold because they were looking at national cake.
“The funding mostly always does not get to the farmers at the right time.
“Once farmers are not given inputs at the right time in terms of the inputs promised, once the harvest begins to go down, the next thing they do is to sell the inputs off.
“The funding almost always is released at the wrong time but the application starts very early”, he said.
As Nigeria continues the effort to diversify the economy and put a stop to its over dependence on oil agriculture has been highlighted as a sector that will change the country’s economic fortunes.
According to the Minister of Agriculture, Dr Muhammad Abubakar, the agricultural sector contributes about 23 percent of the nation’s gross domestic product.
The past few years have been very challenging for farmers in the north.
The region where a bulk of our food items are cultivated. Many farmers are unable to access their farms due to insecurity and those who can get into their farmlands have to pay levies to terrorists for their safety.
We are days to the new year and a few months left for the Buhari administration to achieve its goal of making food sufficient and curbing importation of foreign goods.
Covener, Feed Nigeria Now, Africanfarmer Mogaji says again, lofty and lovely documents have been put together with implementation not satisfactory.
Mr Mogaji said the goals projected with almost all policies were not achieved.
What we were told vis-a-vis what we have now are not the same.
According to him, we blame everything happening in the agricultural sector on insecurity but that is not the case.
He said insecurity or no insecurity, the minister could still confirm that farmers go to farm and in some places, they have to pay to access their Farms meaning it’s not core insecurity.
Mr Mogaji noted that beyond that which is obvious to everyone, the main issues are around policies and implementation.
What we have are half baked policies that mostly don’t involve the stakeholders, policies that are handed over to players for them to adapt.
He noted that the Agriculture space is wide and communication is the biggest, stakeholders need to be carried along especially when it comes to implementation of Agric policies.
Explaining the issue of tractors and tractor drivers, Africanfarmer Mogaji said you can drive a tractor like a vehicle but when the implement is being attached, its a different thing entirely.
The tractor according to him drags the soil when you are turning around the soil it drags the herbicides or insecticides to take care of the weeds. And as the crops grow older, another different skill is needed.
He noted that a lot of training is needed which invariably means capacity development.
Capacity needs to be developed as technology is constantly evolving.
The mindset of farmers have to be put into consideration before designing any program.
Mr Mogaji added that the Buhari administration meant well and funded the sector heavily but unfortunately most of the funding did not go to farmers, and most of the ones they got were not mostly utilised.
“Many of them got inputs which was sold because they were looking at national cake.
“The funding mostly always does not get to the farmers at the right time.
“Once farmers are not given inputs at the right time in terms of the inputs promised, once the harvest begins to go down, the next thing they do is to sell the inputs off.
“The funding almost always is released at the wrong time but the application starts very early”, he said.
As Nigeria continues the effort to diversify the economy and put a stop to its over dependence on oil agriculture has been highlighted as a sector that will change the country’s economic fortunes.
According to the Minister of Agriculture, Dr Muhammad Abubakar, the agricultural sector contributes about 23 percent of the nation’s gross domestic product.
The past few years have been very challenging for farmers in the north.
The region where a bulk of our food items are cultivated. Many farmers are unable to access their farms due to insecurity and those who can get into their farmlands have to pay levies to terrorists for their safety.
We are days to the new year and a few months left for the Buhari administration to achieve its goal of making food sufficient and curbing importation of foreign goods.
Covener, Feed Nigeria Now, Africanfarmer Mogaji says again, lofty and lovely documents have been put together with implementation not satisfactory.
Mr Mogaji said the goals projected with almost all policies were not achieved.
What we were told vis-a-vis what we have now are not the same.
According to him, we blame everything happening in the agricultural sector on insecurity but that is not the case.
He said insecurity or no insecurity, the minister could still confirm that farmers go to farm and in some places, they have to pay to access their Farms meaning it’s not core insecurity.
Mr Mogaji noted that beyond that which is obvious to everyone, the main issues are around policies and implementation.
What we have are half baked policies that mostly don’t involve the stakeholders, policies that are handed over to players for them to adapt.
He noted that the Agriculture space is wide and communication is the biggest, stakeholders need to be carried along especially when it comes to implementation of Agric policies.
Explaining the issue of tractors and tractor drivers, Africanfarmer Mogaji said you can drive a tractor like a vehicle but when the implement is being attached, its a different thing entirely.
The tractor according to him drags the soil when you are turning around the soil it drags the herbicides or insecticides to take care of the weeds. And as the crops grow older, another different skill is needed.
He noted that a lot of training is needed which invariably means capacity development.
Capacity needs to be developed as technology is constantly evolving.
The mindset of farmers have to be put into consideration before designing any program.
Mr Mogaji added that the Buhari administration meant well and funded the sector heavily but unfortunately most of the funding did not go to farmers, and most of the ones they got were not mostly utilised.
“Many of them got inputs which was sold because they were looking at national cake.
“The funding mostly always does not get to the farmers at the right time.
“Once farmers are not given inputs at the right time in terms of the inputs promised, once the harvest begins to go down, the next thing they do is to sell the inputs off.
“The funding almost always is released at the wrong time but the application starts very early”, he said.
As Nigeria continues the effort to diversify the economy and put a stop to its over dependence on oil agriculture has been highlighted as a sector that will change the country’s economic fortunes.
According to the Minister of Agriculture, Dr Muhammad Abubakar, the agricultural sector contributes about 23 percent of the nation’s gross domestic product.
The past few years have been very challenging for farmers in the north.
The region where a bulk of our food items are cultivated. Many farmers are unable to access their farms due to insecurity and those who can get into their farmlands have to pay levies to terrorists for their safety.
We are days to the new year and a few months left for the Buhari administration to achieve its goal of making food sufficient and curbing importation of foreign goods.
Covener, Feed Nigeria Now, Africanfarmer Mogaji says again, lofty and lovely documents have been put together with implementation not satisfactory.
Mr Mogaji said the goals projected with almost all policies were not achieved.
What we were told vis-a-vis what we have now are not the same.
According to him, we blame everything happening in the agricultural sector on insecurity but that is not the case.
He said insecurity or no insecurity, the minister could still confirm that farmers go to farm and in some places, they have to pay to access their Farms meaning it’s not core insecurity.
Mr Mogaji noted that beyond that which is obvious to everyone, the main issues are around policies and implementation.
What we have are half baked policies that mostly don’t involve the stakeholders, policies that are handed over to players for them to adapt.
He noted that the Agriculture space is wide and communication is the biggest, stakeholders need to be carried along especially when it comes to implementation of Agric policies.
Explaining the issue of tractors and tractor drivers, Africanfarmer Mogaji said you can drive a tractor like a vehicle but when the implement is being attached, its a different thing entirely.
The tractor according to him drags the soil when you are turning around the soil it drags the herbicides or insecticides to take care of the weeds. And as the crops grow older, another different skill is needed.
He noted that a lot of training is needed which invariably means capacity development.
Capacity needs to be developed as technology is constantly evolving.
The mindset of farmers have to be put into consideration before designing any program.
Mr Mogaji added that the Buhari administration meant well and funded the sector heavily but unfortunately most of the funding did not go to farmers, and most of the ones they got were not mostly utilised.
“Many of them got inputs which was sold because they were looking at national cake.
“The funding mostly always does not get to the farmers at the right time.
“Once farmers are not given inputs at the right time in terms of the inputs promised, once the harvest begins to go down, the next thing they do is to sell the inputs off.
“The funding almost always is released at the wrong time but the application starts very early”, he said.
As Nigeria continues the effort to diversify the economy and put a stop to its over dependence on oil agriculture has been highlighted as a sector that will change the country’s economic fortunes.
According to the Minister of Agriculture, Dr Muhammad Abubakar, the agricultural sector contributes about 23 percent of the nation’s gross domestic product.
The past few years have been very challenging for farmers in the north.
The region where a bulk of our food items are cultivated. Many farmers are unable to access their farms due to insecurity and those who can get into their farmlands have to pay levies to terrorists for their safety.
We are days to the new year and a few months left for the Buhari administration to achieve its goal of making food sufficient and curbing importation of foreign goods.
Covener, Feed Nigeria Now, Africanfarmer Mogaji says again, lofty and lovely documents have been put together with implementation not satisfactory.
Mr Mogaji said the goals projected with almost all policies were not achieved.
What we were told vis-a-vis what we have now are not the same.
According to him, we blame everything happening in the agricultural sector on insecurity but that is not the case.
He said insecurity or no insecurity, the minister could still confirm that farmers go to farm and in some places, they have to pay to access their Farms meaning it’s not core insecurity.
Mr Mogaji noted that beyond that which is obvious to everyone, the main issues are around policies and implementation.
What we have are half baked policies that mostly don’t involve the stakeholders, policies that are handed over to players for them to adapt.
He noted that the Agriculture space is wide and communication is the biggest, stakeholders need to be carried along especially when it comes to implementation of Agric policies.
Explaining the issue of tractors and tractor drivers, Africanfarmer Mogaji said you can drive a tractor like a vehicle but when the implement is being attached, its a different thing entirely.
The tractor according to him drags the soil when you are turning around the soil it drags the herbicides or insecticides to take care of the weeds. And as the crops grow older, another different skill is needed.
He noted that a lot of training is needed which invariably means capacity development.
Capacity needs to be developed as technology is constantly evolving.
The mindset of farmers have to be put into consideration before designing any program.
Mr Mogaji added that the Buhari administration meant well and funded the sector heavily but unfortunately most of the funding did not go to farmers, and most of the ones they got were not mostly utilised.
“Many of them got inputs which was sold because they were looking at national cake.
“The funding mostly always does not get to the farmers at the right time.
“Once farmers are not given inputs at the right time in terms of the inputs promised, once the harvest begins to go down, the next thing they do is to sell the inputs off.
“The funding almost always is released at the wrong time but the application starts very early”, he said.
As Nigeria continues the effort to diversify the economy and put a stop to its over dependence on oil agriculture has been highlighted as a sector that will change the country’s economic fortunes.
According to the Minister of Agriculture, Dr Muhammad Abubakar, the agricultural sector contributes about 23 percent of the nation’s gross domestic product.
The past few years have been very challenging for farmers in the north.
The region where a bulk of our food items are cultivated. Many farmers are unable to access their farms due to insecurity and those who can get into their farmlands have to pay levies to terrorists for their safety.
We are days to the new year and a few months left for the Buhari administration to achieve its goal of making food sufficient and curbing importation of foreign goods.
Covener, Feed Nigeria Now, Africanfarmer Mogaji says again, lofty and lovely documents have been put together with implementation not satisfactory.
Mr Mogaji said the goals projected with almost all policies were not achieved.
What we were told vis-a-vis what we have now are not the same.
According to him, we blame everything happening in the agricultural sector on insecurity but that is not the case.
He said insecurity or no insecurity, the minister could still confirm that farmers go to farm and in some places, they have to pay to access their Farms meaning it’s not core insecurity.
Mr Mogaji noted that beyond that which is obvious to everyone, the main issues are around policies and implementation.
What we have are half baked policies that mostly don’t involve the stakeholders, policies that are handed over to players for them to adapt.
He noted that the Agriculture space is wide and communication is the biggest, stakeholders need to be carried along especially when it comes to implementation of Agric policies.
Explaining the issue of tractors and tractor drivers, Africanfarmer Mogaji said you can drive a tractor like a vehicle but when the implement is being attached, its a different thing entirely.
The tractor according to him drags the soil when you are turning around the soil it drags the herbicides or insecticides to take care of the weeds. And as the crops grow older, another different skill is needed.
He noted that a lot of training is needed which invariably means capacity development.
Capacity needs to be developed as technology is constantly evolving.
The mindset of farmers have to be put into consideration before designing any program.
Mr Mogaji added that the Buhari administration meant well and funded the sector heavily but unfortunately most of the funding did not go to farmers, and most of the ones they got were not mostly utilised.
“Many of them got inputs which was sold because they were looking at national cake.
“The funding mostly always does not get to the farmers at the right time.
“Once farmers are not given inputs at the right time in terms of the inputs promised, once the harvest begins to go down, the next thing they do is to sell the inputs off.
“The funding almost always is released at the wrong time but the application starts very early”, he said.
As Nigeria continues the effort to diversify the economy and put a stop to its over dependence on oil agriculture has been highlighted as a sector that will change the country’s economic fortunes.
According to the Minister of Agriculture, Dr Muhammad Abubakar, the agricultural sector contributes about 23 percent of the nation’s gross domestic product.
The past few years have been very challenging for farmers in the north.
The region where a bulk of our food items are cultivated. Many farmers are unable to access their farms due to insecurity and those who can get into their farmlands have to pay levies to terrorists for their safety.
We are days to the new year and a few months left for the Buhari administration to achieve its goal of making food sufficient and curbing importation of foreign goods.
Covener, Feed Nigeria Now, Africanfarmer Mogaji says again, lofty and lovely documents have been put together with implementation not satisfactory.
Mr Mogaji said the goals projected with almost all policies were not achieved.
What we were told vis-a-vis what we have now are not the same.
According to him, we blame everything happening in the agricultural sector on insecurity but that is not the case.
He said insecurity or no insecurity, the minister could still confirm that farmers go to farm and in some places, they have to pay to access their Farms meaning it’s not core insecurity.
Mr Mogaji noted that beyond that which is obvious to everyone, the main issues are around policies and implementation.
What we have are half baked policies that mostly don’t involve the stakeholders, policies that are handed over to players for them to adapt.
He noted that the Agriculture space is wide and communication is the biggest, stakeholders need to be carried along especially when it comes to implementation of Agric policies.
Explaining the issue of tractors and tractor drivers, Africanfarmer Mogaji said you can drive a tractor like a vehicle but when the implement is being attached, its a different thing entirely.
The tractor according to him drags the soil when you are turning around the soil it drags the herbicides or insecticides to take care of the weeds. And as the crops grow older, another different skill is needed.
He noted that a lot of training is needed which invariably means capacity development.
Capacity needs to be developed as technology is constantly evolving.
The mindset of farmers have to be put into consideration before designing any program.
Mr Mogaji added that the Buhari administration meant well and funded the sector heavily but unfortunately most of the funding did not go to farmers, and most of the ones they got were not mostly utilised.
“Many of them got inputs which was sold because they were looking at national cake.
“The funding mostly always does not get to the farmers at the right time.
“Once farmers are not given inputs at the right time in terms of the inputs promised, once the harvest begins to go down, the next thing they do is to sell the inputs off.
“The funding almost always is released at the wrong time but the application starts very early”, he said.
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