“Within a reasonable time frame, a maximum period of 10 years, we would see remarkable improvements in virtually all aspects of the livestock sector,” Mr Jega said.
Saleh Maikudi, the chairman of the Tomato Farmers Association from the Bula community, said farmers were incurring huge losses daily.
Mr Zabarmawa said, “When I started, the Ogun State Government promised and paid 50 per cent of the clearing cost why I paid the balance.”
China promised to expand its cooperation with Africa and implement 10 partnership actions over the next three years.
“Our hope was that they would proceed to Sambisa forest and probably find a more habitable place,” said the Borno government.
The FCT says it distributed agricultural inputs as grants to 9,170 beneficiaries under the FCT Fadama CARES programme in the last year.
“We are in distress and afraid that more rainfall or release of excess water from the dam can spell more doom for us,” said a resident.
In separate interviews in Abuja, the farmers said this had led to a poor harvest of yam this year compared to the previous year.
The minister described climate change as the defining issue of the time and the greatest threat to a sustainable future, planet and security.
“We spend a lot in Asia. But we spend even more in Africa. The country we spend the most in Africa is Nigeria,” said Bill Gates.
