Rain-fed wheat research in Plateau has recorded success, thereby raising hope for a breakthrough in the country’s attempt to produce the crop during both wet and dry seasons and close the huge domestic demand gap. In an attempt to turn around the fortune of wheat cultivation in the country, several initiatives have been tried. And…
The Minister of Agriculture and Food Security, Senator Abubakar Kyari, has described as unacceptable the $2 billion annual wheat importation to the country. Speaking at the National Root Crops Research Institute in Kuru near Jos, the Plateau State capital at the Lake Chad Research Institute 1st Rainfed Wheat National Farmers Field Day, the minister…