In order to increase the nation’s food output, the federal government has focused on achieving year-round cultivation during the rainy and dry seasons of agriculture.
Sen. Abubakar Kyari, the minister of agriculture and food security, made this claim while interacting with reporters in Abuja.
Kyari stated that the goal of the year-round cultivation was to include staple crops such sorghum, rice, maize, cassava, sesame, and soybeans.
According to the minister, during the most recent dry season, wheat was the primary crop of choice in 15 out of 36 states.
Our goal is to quickly advance Nigerian agriculture by integrating immediate, short, medium, and long term timescales into our strategic work plan.
In this regard, achieving year-round cropping in both the dry and wet seasons is our main goal.
“Wheat was the main crop of focus in 15 of the 36 states during the last dry season, which is consistent with this,” he stated.
According to Kyari, the dry season wheat cultivation scheme was a great success, with several states harvesting more wheat than had been allocated in hectares.
Rice, maize, cassava, sesame, soybean, sorghum, and other staple crops are being targeted as part of the year-round cultivation, he said.
According to him, President Bola Tinubu has made agricultural and food security a top priority and has stated that he is open to considering a variety of ideas that could promote investments in the industry and help it grow sustainably.
The minister restated the government’s resolve to increase the amount of space available for investments in the Nigerian economy.
“Increasing production and productivity in agriculture while paying close attention to value addition for our produce is our national goal,” he stated.
According to him, the federal government has been progressively introducing mechanisation into agricultural output through the recruitment of well-known and respectable global producers of agricultural equipment.