Govt urges farmers to embrace technology

The Special Adviser to the Governor on Agriculture, Abisola Olusanya, has urged farmers and other stakeholders in the agriculture sector to embrace technology to accelerate processes in the value chain.

Olusanya, who noted that agriculture was a major part of the process of making Lagos a 21st-century economy, solicited the support of the stakeholders in making the state a 21st-century economy in line with the THEMES agenda of the state government.

The Special Adviser stated this at a meeting with the revenue stakeholders of the Ministry on Agriculture on Thursday.

She said, “Agriculture is all about the entire value chain; and that is where a lot of us come in. We are middlemen regardless of the fact that we don’t farm but we ensure that food gets to the final consumers in one way or the other, thus, that is where each and every one of us fit in.

“We need a lot of you to come and make sure that space is an attraction. Some years back, football and entertainment weren’t attractive but the reverse is the case nowadays. So, we can do the same for Agriculture.”

Olusanya further reiterated the state government commitment to revitalised the agricultural sector in the state to attract more people into the sector.