The
Agriculture and Rural Development Minister, Dr. Akunwunmi Adesina, has called
for more investment in the agricultural sector, saying it has the capacity to
stop insecurity in the country, reports ThisDay.
He
said this at a one-day meeting of commissioners of Agriculture and Natural
Resources of all the states and the Federal Capital Territory held in Abuja.
NaijaAgroNet
gathered that the minister affirmed a sum of $1.6 trillion, about N252.28
trillion have been spent on importing rice, wheat, sugar and fish.
Adesina
highlighted North-East and North-West as regions with less food production and
that adequate provision of food will reduce criminal acts in those regions.
“We
have been talking of national security, and without food security, there cannot
be national security, because national security starts with food security,” he
pointed. Read more
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