SHALOM OLALEYE
The National Agency for Science and Engineering Infrastructure (NASENI) and the Federal Ministry of Agriculture are set to collaborate on improving agro-allied industries, climate change mitigation, and smart solar irrigation for dry-season farming.
The Executive Vice Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of NASENI, Khalil Halilu, said collaboration includes initiatives such as crop traceability, climate change mitigation, and technology transfer.
NASENI further expressed readiness to contribute its technical manpower, technologies, and international partners to enhance food production, processing, and exports.
“We are embarking on development activities in agriculture from production to commercialization. The key thing is how we can add value to our farm produce or raw materials before they are consumed or before exporting them out of our country. Also, as for foreign technologies brought into our country, we are seeking the cooperation and collaboration of the Ministry to transfer, domesticate and commercialize such technologies. In a nutshell, this is why we are here” Halilu stated.
The Ministers emphasized the need for synergy and collaboration among government institutions to achieve the government’s goals of poverty alleviation, job creation, and socio-economic development.
