The spiritual leader of Adoration Ministry Reverend Father Ejike Mbaka has appealed to Nigerian leaders, influential citizens to devote more resources and investment in Agriculture development, as solution to achieving food sufficiency for the people.
The clergyman made the call while announcing donation of 2000 hectares of land for participatory Agric project.
Nigeria food sufficiency statistic move from 21 percent in 2023 to 42.53 percent in the end of second quarter of 2024.
A concern that draws government to declare state of emergency for food security, making sub-nationals devoting substantial resources to agriculture development.
Despite the abundant arable land and natural soil for agricultural development, most Nigerians youths are yet to get attracted to Agric project, for sustenance living.
At this news conference meant to introduce participatory farming activities, the clergyman represented, encouraged the people to embrace farming as a more viable way of life.
He challenged leaders to provide incentives to make agriculture Projects more attractive to everyone to participate in, with the ability to off-take their Agric produce.
Other speakers at the launch spoke on the benefit attached to engaging in subsistence farming to feed their localities.
The Agric development project targets about 10 million farmers nationwide, by participating in various platforms under the web Agric fields, with seed funds contribution to support farming development in their localities.
