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By Ebitan Egbuson “Nigeria is facing two key gaps in agriculture today: an inability to meet domestic food requirements, and an inability to export at quality levels required for market success. The former problem is a productivity challenge driven by an input system and farming model that is largely inefficient.” - Food Security Cluster
The National Chairman of Tractor Owners and Hiring Facilities Association of Nigeria (TOHFAN), Danladi Garba, yesterday lamented that Nigeria had only 7,000 functional tractors.
Former President Olusegun Obasanjo will lead farmers across the 36 states of the federation to attend the maiden edition of Nigerian Agricultural Mechanisation Exhibition (NAME) 2022 in Abeokuta