Adopt modern farming technologies to tackle climate change – Gov Namadi urges farmers

Jigawa State Governor Malam Umar Namadi has warned that accepted farming methods tin nary longer withstand the increasing threats posed by clime change, calling for the adoption of modern cultivation technologies to warrant nutrient information successful Nigeria.

The politician stated this on Monday while delivering an code astatine the 11th National Annual Conference of the Crop Science Society of Nigeria (CSSN), held astatine the Federal University Dutse successful Jigawa State.

Speaking connected the theme, “Advancing Sustainable Crop and Climate-Smart Technology for Food Security and Economic Growth,” Namadi said clime alteration was progressively threatening cultivation productivity, making it indispensable for farmers to clasp technological innovations.

“A husbandman with a hoe and aged seeds cannot out-produce clime change. Only done science, probe and improvement tin we springiness farmers drought-tolerant, early-maturing, high-yielding varieties,” helium said.

The politician expressed interest that Nigeria’s rapidly increasing colonisation was placing expanding unit connected home nutrient production, portion clime alteration continued to endanger accepted farming practices.

He stressed that the authorities and the technological c...