From Adanna Nnamani, Abuja
The Minister of Science and Technology, Dr. Ogbonnaya Onu, has said that only science and technology-based agricultural practise would add value to the nation’s economic development.
The minister emphasised that President Muhammadu Buhari fully appreciates the fact that sustainable development through modern agricultural methods was the current trend globally, hence the administration’s commitment to diversifying the economy through science and technology.
Onu stated this when he played host to a delegation of the reigning Queen of Aso Nigeria (Tourism), Miss Linda Ifesinachi, who briefed him on her upcoming pet project, an agriculture and empowerment summit aimed at developing agriculture through science and technology.
According to the minister, science and technology would be deployed to improve food security, provide high-yield, disease-resistant seedlings, pest control and mechanisation.
“If we don’t mechanise the process of faming, we can never get young people to farm because I cannot see any young...
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