Femi Babalola, popularly known as Jogor, is a businessman, an entrepreneur of repute, a politician and a farmer. In this interview with NURUDEEN ALIMI, he speaks on issues relating to agriculture in Oyo State and Nigeria in general.
As an engineer and a practicing farmer, how insperable are agriculture and engineering?
The backbone of agriculture is engineering. When you talk of mechanisation, processing, preservation, transportation even when you talk about irrigation, all these things are engineering processes. Therefore, I do not see a way you could separate engineering from agriculture, they are inseparable, they are two good friends. As a matter of fact, I will say they are brother and sister that were born at the same time. They are twins.
Talking about Oyo State which is one of the biggest states in Nigeria with arable land, being an indigene of the state, do you think the…
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