The Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Dr. Mohammad Abubakar, has said the federal government remained committed to industrialising the agricultural sector for increased productivity, efficiency and competitiveness across local and international frontiers.

He also urged Nigerians to henceforth, invest in agriculture, and see it as a business platform and a haven for investment, which would sufficiently satisfy the socio-economic needs of its practitioners and grow the economy.

The minister spoke at the opening of the maiden National Agribusiness Stakeholders and Investors Summit and Nigerian Farmers Agribusiness Award themed, "Promoting Excellence in Agribusiness For Sustainable Agricultural Development in Nigeria."

James Emejo The Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Dr. Mohammad Abubakar, has said the federal government remained committed to industrialising the agricultural sector for increased productivity, efficiency and competitiveness across local and international frontiers. He also urged Nigerians to henceforth, invest in agriculture, and see it as a business platform and a haven for investment, which would sufficiently satisfy the socio-economic needs of its practitioners and grow the economy. The minister spoke at the opening of the maiden National Agribusiness Stakeholders and Investors Summit and Nigerian Farmers Agribusiness Award themed, "Promoting Excellence in Agribusiness For Sustainable Agricultural Development in Nigeria." He said the federal government has deliberately designed agricultural investment incentives to support high level private sector participation adding that while some of these incentives are in form of tax holidays, exemptions and reliefs, there ...

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