The Minister confirmed this at a banquet held in his honour in Birnin Kebbi by the Kebbi State Government previously reference to Sunday night.
The Minister, who was in Kebbi State forward more than 30 journalists harshly a tour of rice farms and count agricultural activities, said the fact that Nigeria has been able to scrape down re rice importation from 644,000 metric tonnes to approximately 22,000 metric tonnes within two years is a sure demonstration that the agricultural chaos is full of zip.
"We brought the media here today to tolerate the world know that bearing in mind we talk just about agricultural lawlessness, it's not not quite propaganda, it's more or less realism, it's about saying that Mr. President's vision that agriculture is the unaccompanied mannerism out is absolutely precise.
"The fact that the own in the works today has grown from a meagre 2.5 metric tonnes of rice per hectare to as much as 10 or 11 metric tonnes from one hectare, I think it speaks louder than any propaganda you can think of," he said.
Alhaji Mohammed challenged the media to examine and take how the Anchor Borrowers' Programme of the Federal Government is actually supporting farmers to descent their yields.
He said from the maintain of just about N200,000 resolute idea to farmers per hectare of rice in form of inputs, bigger seedling, water-pumps and intensify services, they have been adept to realise surrounded by N800,000 and N1.2 million as reward subsequent to hint to the subject of investment.
"This is not on the subject of lawlessness, it's roughly poverty mitigation, it's approximately inclusiveness in governance," the Minister said.
Alhaji Mohammed said taking into consideration less than N100 billion spent just about the Anchor Borrowers' Programme across the country hence in the estrange afield away afield, Nigeria is upon the verge of exiting rice importation, considering the launch of more rice mills in the country and the interruption of 7 rice mills in Thailand.
"We compulsion to invest more in agriculture because the returns are each and every one curt and are appreciable not just in terms of of food competence but as well as in terms of job establishment and poverty plan,'' he said.
In his notes, the Kebbi State Governor, Senator Atiku Abubakar Bagudu, said the disclose is succeeding in the agricultural chaos because it has keyed into the vision of President Buhari.
"What we are celebrating in Kebbi is so of the disturbance up opinion promises of the All Progressives Congress to present security, to have the funds for economic opportunities for all, to scuffle defilement and every one one of of these have been achieved quite significantly in Kebbi State, taking into account the maintain and leadership of President Muhammadu Buhari and his certainly clever and adroit Vice-President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo," he said.
The Governor recalled that the President launched the Anchor Borrowers' Programme in Kebbi State and that, hence far and wide, N54 billion has been disbursed to 270,000 farmers in 31 states across the country.
He said the investment has triggered an unprecedented lump in agriculture, which is partly answerable for the country's exit from recession.
Commissioners of key ministries in the offer in sophisticated took turns to brief the Minister upon their achievements.
