Agriculture: Awakening the Youth to the reality of the 21st Century.... By Wale Bakare
As far back as the early 80s – Nigerias post colonial Agricultural revolution has recorded some remarkable feat in the global world . Farming became the imported old bride having learned the rudiments during the pre colonial era and it was fully mastered by the end of the same era. Crop production, Fish farming and livestock production contributed greatly to the economy, between 1960 and 1970, the country’s GDP quadrupled while the other sector of the economy largely (dependent on Agriculture) witnessed a steady growth. The land embellished with green vegetation, pastures grow in abundance for the livestock grazing and nomadic farming was practiced devoid of ethnic violence. Rice silos and yam barns of different sizes built were visible along the farm boundaries, irrigation channels flowed freely to nourish the germinating foliages. Nigeria’s cash crop market boomed, and we could hardly meet international export demand as volume increased incessantly. Neighbouring countries benefi
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