The Federal Government will progressively produce Sorghum toward meeting the country’s food and industrial demand in the face of climate change and insecurity. The Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Dr Mohammad Abubakar, made this known at the presentation of the report of the Sorghum Technical Committee in Abuja on Thursday.
He said that the high demand in sorghum was a quantum leap that would increase the Gross Domestic Product of the country. He said streamlining of the sorghum varieties is crucial as it will enhance farmers’ income, and attract more youth to its cultivation. ” Of Recently, the sorghum crop assumed great industrial relevance that many multi-national companies such as the breweries now use Sorghum grits as adjuncts .He, however, said that the prevalence of many varieties and cultivars was identified as the major problem leading to low sorghum productivity which resulted in the supply shortfall.” This necessitates the need to streamline the existing varieties in order to meet our food and industrial needs,” he said.
This is a welcoming development. The crop in question is sorghum but you put picture of Wheat (Triticum)
This is important to unlock the values in the agriculture industry. Way to go. Long overdue