Agency distributes organic fertilizers to Taraba farmers

is used on one hectare while 5kg of granulated is equally used on one hectare,” she Worried by the perennial food National Biotechnology explained. crop losses in Nigeria following ‘Reducing Food Crop Development Agency The director told the poor post-harvest management, a through Post-Harvest (NABDA) has distributed farmers that the agency team of researchers at the Nigeria Management in Nigeria’,the head bio-organic fertilizers to arrived at the formulation Institute for Social and Economic of the group, Dr. Timothy Oni, farmers in Taraba State and production of the bioResearch (NISER) has called on the also enjoined government to to boost agricultural organic fertilizer using fish federal and state governments to, “encourage local manufacturers production. scraps and wastes. as a matter of urgency, partner with to manufacture storage and

Northeast Zonal Director According to her, there the private sector and the various packaging facilities in a way that of the agency, Dr. Jumai was need for farmers to shift agricultural institutions in the cost of production will make unit Adamu, said the fertilizers their attention to organic country to design and produce in price affordable to farmers by which were produced fertilizers, emphasizing that large quantities affordable storage facilitating manufacturers access at the Jalingo centre of it is environmentally friendly facilities including average-sized to raw materials and loans at low NABDA,cost.”were distributed and would save the region silos adaptable to local conditions. free to farmers to tackle the from a lot of land damage. The Productive Sector Group While urging the authorities anticipated problem of food She said that organic in the Economic Policy Research to take the funding of Rural scarcity in the state. fertilizers are cheaper and Department of NISER came up with Access Mobility Programme of

“The substances were safer, explaining that high the clarion call in its presentation the department of agriculture in formulated and produced acid content, such as sulfuric at the institute’s monthly research the various states of the federation by the centre which comes and hydrochloric acid which seminar series, during which it also very seriously, Dr. Oni emphasised in two forms which are the result in destruction of the canvassed for more encouragement that this has become imperative to liquid and the granulated. nitrogen fixing bacteria, are for local entrepreneurs in the encourage young graduates into Four litres of liquid fertilizer absent in organic fertilizers. manufacturing of chemicals for the agricultural sector.