SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURAL SYSTEMS CRUCIAL TO ADDRESS CLIMATE CHANGE, FOOD SECURITY
President, Soil Society of Nigeria (SSSN), Professor Victor Ochude, has said that sustainable agricultural systems are key to address climate change as well as advance food security.
He stated this during the opening ceremony of this year’s annual conference, with the theme: Sustainable Management of Soil And Water Resources For Food Security, Climate Change Adaptation and Mitigation, which was hosted by the Institute of Agricultural Researches and Training (IAR&T), Obafemi Awolowo University, Moor Plantation, Ibadan, between Tuesday, 13 and Thursday 16, March, 2018.
According to Chude, the theme for this year ’s conference was carefully chosen to draw attention to the strong and complex nexus between soil degradation, climate change and food insecurity which is a global challenge. FG should replicate agricultural programmes in housing sector ―NGO
He further stated that: “Sustainable agricultural systems must be integral to Nigeria’s agenda to address climate change and variability, improve renewable freshwater supply and quality, restore degraded soils and ecosystems and advanced food security”.
