By Correspondent in Ilorin.
The Executive Director, National Centre for Agricultural Mechanisation (NCAM), Ilorin, Dr Yomi Kasali has lauded Nigeria’s breakthrough in Agricultural Sector under the Administration of President Muhamadu Bihari.
According to Kasali in a chat with reporters in Ilorin, the government empowered major agricultural institutes to boost their potentialities for more innovations in Agricultural Sector.
“At NCAM for instance, our seasoned engineers had in the last three years trained over 1,000 fabricators, about 10,000 women and 20,000 youths, on how to design and use numerous agricultural tools and machines on subsidiary and large scale farming.
“This development and many others have led to more expansion in the field of farming across Nigeria.
“Our personnel had at this period in review, moved round the country, teaching farmers on modern techniques of large scale, planting and harvesting of rice, cassava and beans. With the interaction, we normally have with our sister organisations, the story is similar,” he said.
Among some of the designed works by the NCAM he said are;Jab Planter, Cassava Lifter,Cassava Peeling Tool,
Treadle-Operated Cassava Grater,
Motorized Cassava-Peeling Machine, Motorized Sifter, Pelletizing Machine, Cassava Screw Press (Dewaterer), Kerosene-Fired Batch Dryer among others.
Kasali urged farmers to join forces with the nation’s security outfits to frontally fight insecurity bedeviling farming across some agriculture belts in the country.
He also urged state Governors, National Assembly members and Council Chairmen in all the 774 Local Government Areas of Nigeria, to complement the efforts of the Federal Government by sponsoring more youths on modern training in major agriculture techniques.
