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The Ministry, formerly known as the Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (FMARD), was established in 1966. [4] The Ministry is responsible for the formulation and implementation of policies to provide food for a growing population, supply raw materials for industry, expand markets for agricultural products, create jobs, and diversify the economy.
Ondo State Ministry of Agriculture and Natural Resources is a Nigerian regional state ministry functioning on the development and Implementation of policies and programs designed towards the sustainability of agriculture, food security, rural development and conservation of natural resources. [1]
It was established under the Law on the Agricultural Development Programme of Rivers State 1988. [1] Its functions include formulating and implementing programmes relating to Agriculture as well as providing extension services to farmers in both rural and urban areas of the state.
The Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development is a Ministry of the Federal Government of Nigeria that has the mandate to ensure food security in crop, livestock and fisheries, stimulate agricultural employment and services, promote the production and supply of raw materials to Agro-allied industries, provide markets for the products of the industrial sector, generate foreign ...
The Agricultural Research Council of Nigeria (ARCN) is a Nigerian government agency coordinating and monitoring agricultural research to increase agricultural productivity for economic development. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] The agency also trains farmers, [ 3 ] for instance through television and radio programs.
The Fifth Development plan was scrapped in 1990 which began the era of the three-year Rolling plan which spanned from 1990 up until 1993. It was believed that the reason for the abandonment was unlike the National Development Plan, the Rolling Plan could prove more adaptive and resistant to external economic changes and uncertainties.
The Federal Military Government of Nigeria launched the Operation ‘Feed the Nation’ Programme (OFN), as a result of the chronic inability of the agricultural sector of the economy to satisfy the food needs of the country, there was hope for a revival of interest in agriculture. [5]
A farmer and his cow. The majority of herders in African countries are livestock owners. Livestock farming is a part of Nigeria's agriculture system. In 2017, Nigeria had approximately over 80 million poultry farming, 76 million goats, 43.4 million sheep, 18.4 million cattle, 7.5 million pigs, and 1.4 million of its equivalent. [26]