FG SETS UP C’TTEE ON AGRICULTURAL INTERVENTIONS 

FG SETS UP C’TTEE ON AGRICULTURAL INTERVENTIONS

The Federal Government has set up a technical committee to immediately accelerate livestock development and staple crop production nationwide in a major push for food security.

Vice President Kashim Shettima constituted the committee during a high-level meeting on agricultural sector performance and strategic interventions at the Presidential Villa.

The committee is to expedite action on strategic interventions in the agricultural sector, targeting wheat and other staple crops production as well as livestock development.

The meeting came as a sequel to a larger meeting with President Bola Tinubu last week where agricultural and other multi-sector stakeholders were present.

The Minister of Agriculture and Food Security and other stakeholders said the meeting deliberated on addressing critical challenges confronting farmers and leveraging available resources to scale up wheat production and dry-season farming across the country.

The Committee will be coordinated by the Technical Adviser to the Vice President on Agriculture and Head of the Presidential Food Systems Coordinating Unit, Marion Moon