Senate moves to tackle food insecurity through modernisation of agriculture education

The Senate Committee connected Agricultural Colleges and Institutions has unveiled plans to modernise Nigeria’s cultivation acquisition and probe strategy arsenic portion of efforts to tackle nutrient insecurity.

The committee’s Chairman, Sen. Sharafadeen Alli, during a media parley held successful Ibadan on Monday, added that the plans would besides boost occupation instauration crossed the country.

NAN reports that the media parley held up of the maiden National Legislative Summit and Expo connected Agricultural Colleges and Institutions.

The forthcoming acme is titled “Unfolding the Potential of Agricultural Colleges and Institutions done Collaboration and Innovation to Enhance Food Security and Job Creation”.

Alli said the committee had initiated high-level diplomatic engagements with Malaysia, Brazil, China, Germany, India, the United Kingdom, and the European Union to facilitate exertion transfer.

He added that the committee had besides engaged successful concern and grooming to overhaul Nigeria’s cultivation acquisition system.

According to him, the committee is determined to alteration cultivation institutions from theory-based centres into applicable and innovation-driven hubs with the capableness to present impactful results.

“The epoch of treating cultivation acquisition arsenic purely world is over.

“Our extremity is to guarantee that betwixt 60 per cent and 70 per cent of grooming focuses ...