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The minister of agriculture and rural
development, Chief Audu Ogbeh, has reiterated the need to invest heavily in
agriculture in order to attract youths to the section.
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In a release by Agro Nigeria that was made
available to newsmen recently, the minister lamented the low participation of
rural farmers who are the mainstay in the country’s quest to feed its citizen.
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The event was at a national workshop on a new
agricultural policy for Nigeria organized by the National Agricultural
Foundation of Nigeria (NAFN) in Abuja recently.
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According to him, there are those who estimate
that by 2015, the country’s population would stand at 450m, making Nigeria the
third most populous nation on the planet.
CULLED FROM MID WEEK PIONEER.
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