To unlock the full potentials of agriculture to diversify the economy, government should create the enabling environment, enact relevant policies, laws and give incentives to farmers.

Industrializing the agriculture sector is key if we really want to move forward. For industrialization to take place in the sector, it must happen in all the sub-sectors.

"Dangote business and entrepreneurship indulgence has spread to many parts of the African continent, employing thousands of people across the world, of which not less than 85 per cent are Nigerians.”

“At least 35 percent (3500) of direct beneficiaries will be women and at least 5-10 percent (500-1000) will be People with Disabilities, PWD.

“Antioxidants are said to help neutralize waste substances in the human body and help to boost the overall health,”

“If agriculture was localized and prioritized, there would be a shift from mere talking about agriculture to bountiful productivity."

The fund is supported by the governments of the USA (through USAID), Denmark (through DANIDA) and Sweden (through SIDA).

The theme of the conference was “Integrated Pest Management: Key to Profitable Maize Farming.”

“It is time for the Nigerian government to fund our research institutions and agencies so that they actually carry out researches that support our seeds, agriculture and food systems”

“It will also provide legal recommendations and guidelines on forest management, support community groups to implement sustainable forest and land management and build global capacity."

"..the aim is to equip the laboratory technicians with the tools and procedures for an enhanced and harmonized method of analysis, sampling and quality assessment of fertilizer."

“There is no gainsaying the fact that having agriculture as one of the big revenue earners of our economy would be to our immense benefit,”

“Farmers are requesting services from us, but we are not able to provide the services."

our national commitment of 20% emission reduction (unconditional) and 45% (conditional) from Business As Usual (BAU) by 2030 is dependent, to a large extent, on the success of our projects and programmes in the agriculture sector.”

The DG said Nigerians should start to look inward by imputing to develop the local contents available in the country to improve the varieties of natural resources Nigeria is blessed with.

“My take is that once we do this and it is successful, other people that we are trying to get people to come and farm that is not yielding to our call will naturally respond better...."