Agricultural Reforms in Nigeria

Before the advent of technology and the discovery of oil in Nigeria, Nigerians survived mainly in large-scale agriculture. Nigerians survive on agriculture.

With oil discovery, Nigeria has been given another source of potential revenue. Oil shipping.

So far, Nigeria is the fifth largest exporter of oil in the world and as a country, it has prospered. After that it seemed that major agricultural activities had been abandoned, by the government and the people. Many young minds moving to cities will earn less money, surrounded by substandard living conditions. Especially in provinces like Lagos, finding a good place to live in Lagos is a struggle if you think you can afford it. Sometimes you have to stay in houses in Lagos more than 40 miles from work. People seem to be looking at the gold mines they go through every day; soil.

But not anymore!

The Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Dr Akinwumi Adesina, said the State Government would soon provide N10 billion to the cassava bread fund and strengthen cassava production.

This good news was revealed to the people of Nigeria when the Chief Technical Assistant to the Minister of Agriculture, Dr. Adetunji Oredipe, who represented Adesina in Kogi province at Cassava GES Roll Out in Agbadu Staple Crop Processing Zone, SCPZ, Kabba Bunu Local Government Area of ​​the country.

He said the government had set up a fund to develop cassava bread, which would be funded by the wheat flour tax.

He added that the Cassava Bread Development Fund would also be used to fund research and development efforts on cassava bread, baker training and support for bakers to acquire new production equipment.

The minister said the Growth Enhancement Scheme would allow farmers to produce more food because farmers would get their cutting and improved fertilizers.

This marks a major milestone in the Nigerian campaign to support farmers, especially modern cassava growers and to help them adopt more efficient agricultural practices.

This also gives many people in Nigeria the assurance that they will have some reliance on development across the country, a source of income and development without the export of oil that Nigeria currently relies on.

With the progress that will be made with this new project we can expect the agricultural sector in Nigeria to improve significantly.