By Nneka Nwogwugwu
The Nigeria Agribusiness Group, (NABG) has organised a 2-day Workshop on Developing a National Framework for Climate-Smart Agriculture.
The workshop with the theme ‘Cleaner, safer, rewarding agriculture’ held from July 7-8, 2022, in Abuja.
The climate-Smart Agriculture is implemented by NABG, and funded by Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation and the project will bring about increased harvest and less input sustainability; improving quality soil; sustainable Greenhouse gas levels; High production and falling cost, new methods on weather and harvest forecast; and Increase in one output will not affect the other.
President of NABG, Emmanuel Ijewere, emphasized that farmers in Nigeria need to adopt Climate-Smart Agriculture as solution to crop cultivation, mitigating post-harvest losses, improving crop yields, restoring soil nutrients, and improving livestock farming amidst ravaging climate change impact on the ecosystem.
He further stated that the initiative championed by NABG is to ensure a sustainable agricultural framework is established which is inclusive and where Nigerian youths would have opportunity to get involved in food production, hence would reduce massive food importation bill while using the land resources efficiently and effectively with modern farm technology.
He said: “We believe that it is high time Nigeria begins to transform it’s agri-food system including crops, livestock, fisheries, aquaculture, agroforestry and forestry.
“Agri-food systems must increase production in a sustainable manner in order to meet the Sustainable Development Goals, SDGs.”
Director General of NABG, Dr Manzo Maigari, said it has become incumbent on all stakeholders to embrace the climate -smart agriculture because of the value it adds to productivity and the potential to reduce the risks faced by farmers via climate change.
