With
oil being discovered in all nooks and crannies of Africa, sustenance of
Nigeria’s pre-eminence can only be made through the black gold of the
next generation – farming and agribusiness.
With fast increasing population and the possible world famine, only
nations that take agriculture seriously and feed themselves would rule
the world in the next 10 years.
The
Nigeria Agriculture Minister, Dr. Akinwumi Adesina gave this hint in
Abeokuta – the Ogun State capital while addressing the 40th session of
the National Council on Agriculture.
“Accept
it or leave it, agriculture has overtaken oil and gas as the world’s
bride and falls back to agriculture to compete in the emerging digital
age adding that Agriculture holds the potentials for future of the world
and told the experts that they must sensitize their States to come to
grips with something more enduring and sustainable than oil and gas.
Dr.
Adesina said 60% of all cultivable land in the world is in Africa and
that Nigeria having the largest share of this land means providence is
providing us yet another great opportunity to move ahead of the world,
industrially, economically and technologically.
He
said: "The future can no longer be in oil but something we have
invaluable comparative advantage in and it has to be agriculture so
there is no future for Nigeria without Agriculture”.
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