The Minister of Agriculture and Food Security, Senator Abubakar Kyari, Tuesday said the Tinubu administration will remain proactive by removing impediments to agricultural production throughout the country.
He spoke in Birnin Kebbi at the national flag-off of 2023/2024 Dry Season Aerial Spray Control of Transboundary agricultural pests, quelea birds, grasshoppers, locusts and others, in the frontline states.
The states are, Adamawa, Bauchi, Borno, Gombe, Jigawa, Kano, Katsina, Kebbi, Sokoto, Taraba, Yobe and Zamfara.
Senator Kyari stated that Trans boundary and migratory pests possessed significant threats to food because of their devastating effect on crops, especially cereals, such as rice and wheat, causing severe havoc to livelihood of farmers and major threat to food security.
“The prevention and control of agricultural pests are critical in ensuring increased production and bumper harvest.
“Over the years, the Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Food Security has been supporting the frontline states with pesticides and flight hours for the critical control of the agricultural pests to mitigate their devastating effect on crops,” he said.
He remarked that the choice of Kebbi state as the venue for the flag-off was by design, in recognition of the high level of agricultural activities in the state with emphasis on rice and wheat cultivation.
