Agricultural experts just dropped a communiqué out of the National Agricultural Extension Review meeting in Zaria, and Habib Abubakar from the National Cereals Research Institute said the country needs way better links between researchers and actual farmers while climate-smart tech sits around gathering dust. The group wants more extension agents hired and digital tools pushed out to smallholder farmers who barely have internet access or know how to work smartphones for farming purposes.
The stakeholders pushed for stricter rules on subsidized inputs because those supplies keep missing their targets, and they want better funding with timely releases instead of money showing up whenever bureaucrats feel like it. Women, young people, and disabled farmers need easier paths to land and credit. Rural security came up as a major issue since farmers and extension workers keep getting hammered in unsafe communities, and the whole system apparently suffers from a massive agent-to-farmer ratio that leaves everyone scrambling.
The stakeholders pushed for stricter rules on subsidized inputs because those supplies keep missing their targets, and they want better funding with timely releases instead of money showing up whenever bureaucrats feel like it. Women, young people, and disabled farmers need easier paths to land and credit. Rural security came up as a major issue since farmers and extension workers keep getting hammered in unsafe communities, and the whole system apparently suffers from a massive agent-to-farmer ratio that leaves everyone scrambling.
