The Executive Secretary of the Agricultural Research Council of Nigeria (ARCN), Prof Garba Sharubutus speaks of plans to make all research institutes productive. He also speaks on the plans for the new farming season. COLLIN NNABUIFE brings excerpts.
WHAT are the plans for farmers this new farming season?
We have two seasons, we have the dry season, we have the wet season, for us in Nigeria, and especially in the northern part of this country, the wet season starts from March, depending on the location, and as you go upwards, the commencement of the season gets delayed, but by March, people should have already been sensitised and getting ready for all their materials and for dry season farming, immediately, by October in some parts of this country, they have already started, especially those that rely on the river bank for their own family.
As a research institute, we did an evaluation of the performance of the livestock system in the last farming season, and that is, in…