Nigeria and Brazil are to partner on the supply and distribution of 10,000 tractors to farmers across the country.
The Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Dr Mohammad Abubakar,made this known at the opening of Africa’s Agricultural Machines and Equipment Technology Expo in Abuja.
Abubakar said the partnership aimed to fast track the mechanisation of the Agricultural sector, improve production, boost economy, enhance food self-sufficiency and create job opportunity for Nigerian youths.
He said that the purpose of the expo was also to expose African Farmers to cost- effective farm machines , new farming technologies, to increase foreign direct investments, as well as create business among farm products, producers and processors.
This, the minister said, is in tandem with Agricultural Policy of the Government.
He said it was also a clarion call to bring succour to the drudgery nature of Nigeria’s farm practices in order to encourage the teeming youths to embrace the agricultural sector.
He said that the expo was an avenue for exchange of cultural values which would attract needed capital into Africa’s farm sector.
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