Page 20, THISDAY, VoL 17, No. 6147
Tuesday. February 21, 20U
FEAlURES EDITOR: R OLAND O CBONNAYA
Food: Bomo Strives Towards Self-Sufficiency Govemment and people of Bomo State have always wished Jor a greener desert. At a recent visit to Israel, it concluded plans with other stakeholders to import the technology the Middle East nation uses in making its Negev Desert green. Michael Olugbode reports yea . • 7Sperocnl ~ By 1985. QYE:'OO1Jl) hcts;ns ~ un:b- cuItivahon n • 0& yddiDg iIs own odI crqId fruits. ~a:rtals IIId COIICILAbo., ~ dc::mt:d. .. Ihe "gretttWIg' on !he NqeY"'.Ihe~ l.ISeofnew ~,especiIIi.
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