Lagos increases efforts to realise smart agriculture


Published 15 Feb,2021 via The Nation - As technologies for enhancing productivity keep advancing, the Lagos State government has assured that it will promote its use in the agricultural area.

The Commissioner for Agriculture, Ms Abisola Olusanya, who made this known, noted that agriculture driven by technology and data could create and provide the added value to meet consumer needs appropriately through farming.

She said the government was determined to enhance agricultural mechanisation, specialised extension services and agro-processing, adding that there is an arrangement to purchase tractors for use by farmers.

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