FG HOSTS USA WAR COLLEGE DELEGATION, REITERATES COMMITMENT TO DEVELOPING AGRICULTURE

The Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (FMARD) is committed to developing agriculture with a view to attaining national food security and provide gainful employment for its teeming young population.

The Permanent Secretary Dr Bukar Hassan, who was represented at the occasion by the Director, Federal Department of Extension, Mrs Karima Babangida made this disclosure during a courtesy call on the ministry by students of United States of America War College.

Mrs Babangida while highlighting some of the programmes of the ministry, noted that efforts are being made to modernise the sector through farm mechanisation and use of Information Communication Technology to target youth participation in agriculture.