NEW POLICY SEEKS TO PROMOTE MECHANISATION, INCREASE ANNUAL TRACTOR PROVISION TO 4,000 AND CREATE JOBS

The Federal Government has unveiled the National Agricultural Mechanisation Policy and National Agricultural Mechanisation Investment Strategy, alongside plans for a tractor assembly plant capable of producing up to 4,000 units annually. The government said the policy framework would support efforts to increase food production, reduce import dependence, create jobs and build a sustainable agricultural mechanisation…

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WHERE ARE THE TRACTORS?

The initiative was to change the face of Agricultural practice by the Federal government, under the Renewed Hope Agricultural Mechanisation programme in order to make farming modern and attractive to youths, but unfortunately, seven months after the launching,the tractors are sitting pretty well at the premises of National Agricultural Seeds Council (NASC) in Sheda, along…

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KYARI SAYS 2,000 IMPORTED TRACTORS TO BE DISTRIBUTED UNDER THREE SCHEMES 

Months after announcing plans to transition into mechanized farming with a four-year target of deploying 8,000 tractors, the federal government has taken delivery of 2,000 Belarus tractors to enhance food production and modernize agriculture. The Minister of Agriculture and Food Security, Abubakar Kyari, had disclosed that the annual production of 2,000 tractors in-country would significantly…

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PRESIDENT’S CALL FOR MECHANISED FARMING: GOOD FOR AGRICULTUIRAL REVOLUTION

(First published in the Vanguard Newspaper of February 21, 2024) I READ with great delight the statement credited to President Bola Ahmed Tinubu on his vision for food self-sufficiency. On February 12, 2024, The Punch reported the intention of the President to make Nigeria a major food exporter through aggressive mechanised farming. I have been…

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