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SO\"DIBER II 2Ol2
Experts advise govt on food security
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.... Prod"""'" and ~tmagene1t Science. Til SoIann UM'ft'Sny of Education. ljebu-Ode. Ogun St.a~, Dr. OIufmli Amusan, has sax! tht! country faces food 1II!CUJit\' aWs due to its attJl~ to fanning. In I ~ enbt!OO, .~
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Food 0.,'
orprused by the Cenm for AltemOltn~ l:lt\"I!!Iopnent and Srif-Enha~l. he
said ntther than imJX'O'o~ lhe ~ sedor. N"tgena had a:JI'Itmued 10 spend more n'IOOt\" on food importalion. H~ sud. ~ Food and ~ Orpnlsation pub tbl' popubtlOn aJ N"1geriI at 38 nuJlion in 1'}61 and I~ million in 1997. Today. II is put 1.1 160 million and II is pro;ected that bv )'aJ" 2050. our population "is rftCb 402 million rnakm& Nigena W fourth most populous n:ation
in the 1II'01id. ~But Uus 15 not 1IIil) we 111a}" M'e food cris:Is:
nlthrr-. our nepti\'e atntude ~-;uds the ~t of agncuJtural .s«tor should not
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lie !iaid that the oil boom
expenenOlld in lq?05remamed
food
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N'1J:,mI rf the '"3nOUS~.fts r:A pM!t1IJnCflt oouId ~ the new ~tion funners
oompnsmg the youths lhrough cm:I.tt £aciljtie:s at an
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the lTW"~tin, of ~oSlim In Nigeria, whic:h is a
healthsulutionforlhutock (Inns lOt' 5Oluhon. IttOrdmg 10 • statement by Iht' firm on Frida\', hu ~n !>Ucceafulh marktoted and ~()ld &\obalh for O\'t:f 20 \Uts
Thf. solution. the finn said" was targeted at addinr. '"alpe to hvestocl: busmess throur,h maximisinr. the ammalproductlOnpotenlial ""lth locally a\""JIibble
resources" It said, '"The challenr.es the livestock indust ry
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qui le dauntlllg; it needless 10 menlion challenr.es like diseases. em' ron mental issues, lwin Jeopardy of declininr. profit
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Melinda Gales Foundauon ha\'e un,~led thJ"ft n~ proJe'ct5 to support efl"ons 10 <k\-e~ caSSl'"a \"arieties ,"lth ns1St.a.nce to Cass;wa ~IO$Iic Oi.sea.sf' and Ussa\"a BrownSI~k~ 1111~ I~ also t3rxnrod al est3bhshin~ mo~ ~u.~ta1n.blf'
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I" enabl('" sm3llholde~ i lal1Tlf'''' l>f1ter ;t~ to ~1It:h ' "arielles., • statement
nil hlwn mdicated Tht "projects we~ :lOnl.una'd dunn~ a CUNI'";t \'3Iut l"1m1ll <"'('nt
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interest rntenot ccoeed.ing m.'e
a map oontribulory factoc" to the nq;kn ~ ~. 5a\"UlI Nigma suddmh" b«:ame so rich t.hal JI. dXl not tcr-.. lIIn:U 10 do 1II1th the ~
PAl nmes 1II-heJ one finds orwsetf U1 a oomfor1 lOne. then! is that lendency 10 fOfp.'t ~ one 15 corm", from; lIIith the am'tnt of oil, Nigenan leadership forgot
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Date' Tuesday 13th &Wednesday l~th , November. 2012
the
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",'here we "''e'f"e C(IfJl1I1g from and !ail the natioo"s \1Sion for apxuh.ure. ~ he sax!. AaxJnhn& to hun. anotherrMjor" lXtor that makes
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SlIlkt'holders.most~1Jy 1M f~ to mtt'Me
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