The Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Dr. Mohammad Abubakar, has raised an alarm over the escalating rise in prices of food items in the country, saying this was driving more Nigerians into poverty if urgent steps and appropriate measures were not taken to address inflation, IgbereTV reports
Abubakar who raised this concern at a national workshop on the applications of Juncao technology and its contribution to the achievement of sustainable agriculture and Sustainable Development Goals in Nigeria held in Abuja on Tuesday, said the current inflation of food prices across the country may drive more Nigerians into poverty.
The workshop which was organised by the African Union Development Agency-New Partnership for Africa’s Development (AUDA-NEPAD), was supported by the National Engineering Research Center for Juncao Technology of the Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University (FAFU) of China and Nigeria’s Ministry of Agriculture.
