The Executive Director, Dr Abayomi Olaniyan, National Horticultural Research Institute (NIHORT), on Monday, said Nigeria should intensify efforts in Agricultural value chain development to optimise returns from investment.
Olaniyan told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Ibadan that this would help to avert hunger and cushion the effect of COVID-19 in the country.
He underscored the need to make sure that qualitative inputs were available for smallholder farmers because they form the bulk of producers in the country.
According to him, the government should support agricultural production activities by subsidising input to stakeholders.
Olaniyan said that there was a need to put in place…
Source: Nigerian Tribune
