The President of SEEDAN, Yusuf Ado-Kibiya, who made the appeal yesterday in Abuja, said seed companies are not really supported in terms of policies to ease access to funds.
Noting that seeds are the foundation of crop farming, he said the average Nigerian seed gives a yield of 10 tons per hectare while worldwide, farmers record between 20 and 30 tons per hectare. “Agriculture has been the backbone of every economy worldwide and seed is the most important factor in agricultural development. When you talk about development or growth worldwide, agriculture has been the foundation, but regrettably in Nigeria we have been having problems with inconsistencies in government policies over the years.
“The research institutes in Nigeria are not supported, the government should do something because research is the fundamental base where you produce success especially in agriculture, so the government should support research and seed companies.