Why do u have an agriculture ministry?? What is their function?

Just open mouth and say anything.

GreenArrow1:


It's about time everyone started living up their responsibilities in this country abeg. How many more decades will we blame ONLY the president who's in power?

ASUU will go on strike citing pay raises and funds for research and development as the reasons why.
However, once they are able to negotiate their pay, strike is off.
Our universities need to start doing more in order faculties besides the Medicine and Surgery faculty abeg.

Let the government play their role first before passing the blame to universities. Universities are underfunded and yet, you expect so much from them.

The government pays so much priority on infrastructure and building a new presidential hospital, not to mention all other sick and wicked budget in ministries but the University which should be the institution that will bring about the needed change and development the country wants in underfunded. Do you care to know the percentage alloted to education in the budget? This same education budget isn't just for the Universities alone too.

Please, do you expect so much from the seed you failed to water and position in a fertile soil and under sunlight?

Let's start telling ourselves the truth than ALWAYS going blind to the root cause of the problems we face.

GreenArrow1:


It's about time everyone started living up their responsibilities in this country abeg. How many more decades will we blame ONLY the president who's in power?

ASUU will go on strike citing pay raises and funds for research and development as the reasons why.
However, once they are able to negotiate their pay, strike is off.
Our universities need to start doing more in order faculties besides the Medicine and Surgery faculty abeg.

The part that irritates me most is funds for research, of all the researches made in the past, how many of them have those universities themselves made use of? Abi what's the essence of researches made and ending up in the school libraries? I know of someone who had his ND from Federal College of Agrculture Akure, from there, he won scholarship to a University in Costa Rica, where he got his Bachelor's degree. His final year project was amazing that it was funded and being put to use in the field of tree crops (a citrus-harvesting device), from there, another university from US wooed him to come over for his master's degree, he's in the US now. If it's here, such project will not see the light of the day or probably end up in the school library.

GreenArrow1:


Unemployment is a bad thing. I understand your frustrations. Don't worry, it'll get better.
Need data? Send me a PM okay.

If only you could stop hiding behind a faceless social media and come with every member of your miserable family

I will feed all of you till the day you all die.

this government want to put Nigerian into more palaver

Honestly this guy should keep quiet till 2023. This country is a complete mess

Ad usual, he is indirectly blaming
universities for not coming up with
ideas to increase agricultural production.
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But he is taking style to avoid the fact
that farmers can't go to farm because of
his criminal brothers who also routinely
destroy crops of farmers.

Attit:
Varsities need to start with building seeds banks and various improved varieties. No fulani or herdsmen can stop them doing this. This can generate income for Nigwria and we can even export to other African nations. We are so backward in this area and only foreign seeds manufacturers are doing this.

Private companies also need to invest in this area..this is just one way Varsities can be useful, rather, they are just collecting salaries claiming they teach students. What is the ess3snse of teaching theory when they cannot do anytning with it.

People are so fast 5o blame FG while they too needs to look at themselves and try to start solving problems, but they would rather wait for FG to solve everything.

The universities have seed banks. I believe that they work with the respective ministries of agriculture in the states where they are located.

Now, without funding, how can they move forward? How can they turn their knowledge into reality when lands where they should put these things to practice are destroyed and overrun daily by herdsmen?

The way forward remains with the FG. First they must provide adequate funding for researches, training and planting. Next they must provide security.

Nauttyprof:


Let the government play their role first before passing the blame to universities. Universities are underfunded and yet, you expect so much from them.

The government pays so much priority on infrastructure and building a new presidential hospital, not to mention all other sick and wicked budget in ministries but the University which should be the institution that will bring about the needed change and development the country wants in underfunded. Do you care to know the percentage alloted to education in the budget? This same education budget isn't just for the Universities alone too.

Please, do you expect so much from the seed you failed to water and position in a fertile soil and under sunlight?

Let's start telling ourselves the truth than ALWAYS going blind to the root cause of the problems we face.

Nobody is absolving the government of blame. However, if you look critically at how much individuals saddled with lesser responsibilities willfully abdicate same in virtually all fields in this country, even if you resurrect one of the saints to come and rule (lead) this country, there won't be much of an improvement.
That's what I'm pointing out because Universities of Agriculture are also government institutions. They receive special funding for Research and Development from multiple agencies and MDA's every year with little to show for it.

And mumumadu bugari should keep wasting public funds and do nothing meaningful.
Someone takes the blame for buhari's failures always. Stupid Fulani murderer

Mokason288:

If only you could stop hiding behind a faceless social media and come with every member of your miserable family

I will feed all of you till the day you all die.

Hehehehehe.
See this small fly

GreenArrow1:


Nobody is absolving the government of blame. However, if you look critically at how much individuals saddled with lesser responsibilities willfully abdicate same in virtually all fields in this country, even if you resurrect one of the saints to come and rule (lead) this country, there won't be much of an improvement.
That's what I'm pointing out because Universities of Agriculture are also government institutions. They receive special funding for Research and Development from multiple agencies and MDA's every year with little to show for it.

Your conclusion still passes the blame to them. There is no special fund anywhere. They are being underfunded. Research isn't about dropping just a little Naira for people to finds lies but to provide necessary Laboratory equipment and environment for quality research.

Please, be since with yourself, where are the Laboratory equipment in our Universities?

Mokason288:

If only his Fulani Jihadist brothers could stop killing farmers and destroying their crops....What other support could be more than this ??

ADAMU like you

U are very useless. Foolish from the looks of things u are either ipob or ritual

Including cow breeding. Workless talks

Will your blood sucking Fulani herdsmen brothers allow farmers to farm?

Buhari God bless you

As if naija varsities are for research , their are to issue certificates after collecting naira from prospective candidates.

Nauttyprof:


There is no special fund anywhere.

Are you absolutely sure about this?
Are you aware of the numerous agencies existing in this country whose sole responsibilities are in various sectors of agrarian research and development in conjunction with higher institutions specialized in their respective fields?
Have they ever complained of being under funded?
Let's apportion blames, but responsibly.
By the way, who is the government? Buhari and his cabinet alone? No na.
If there's one thing the past administration and the current one have done consistently, it it is increased funding for agricultural development in the country.
Here you have one president asking more from his government (agric universities are part of that government too).
Have you heard of Farro 61 (rice species) and how it was developed in A.B.U Zaria? Read up on how much it took to develop it, where the funds came from, how potent and how greatly profitable it is to the average rice farmer. Then also read up on why it's availability is limited to the cartel that developed it and why they were reluctant in making the seeds available to the general public.
Compare the funds used in producing such a revolutionary species of rice against the hundreds of billions churned out year -in, year -out to these institutions and then you might see that it isn't ONLY a council of less than 60 men seating in a room near some rock in the nation's capital that squarely have the blame.
N.B: I'm stating these in the assumption that this engagement is to highlight ways to make progress and not just a nairaland aimless back and forth.
Have a good morning.

Raph82:
The part that irritates me most is funds for research, of all the researches made in the past, how many of them have those universities themselves made use of? Abi what's the essence of researches made and ending up in the school libraries? I know of someone who had his ND from Federal College of Agrculture Akure, from there, he won scholarship to a University in Costa Rica, where he got his Bachelor's degree. His final year project was amazing that it was funded and being put to use in the field of tree crops (a citrus-harvesting device), from there, another university from US wooed him to come over for his master's degree, he's in the US now. If it's here, such project will not see the light of the day or probably end up in the school library.

We don't need to make it look like the universities are the ones who messed up Nigeria. If that's true, Nigerians graduates shouldn't be respected in the world.

Firstly, how many students gets funding to carry out quakitiy research projects even at PhD level? How many of the projects carried out has ever been implemented by the government? I still remember that electric vehicles were assembled by a university in Nigeria about 10 years ago.

It's a generic, societal problem where we don't think we can solve our own problems and when our own people bring solutions, we stock them in the library and later replace them with newer ones.

Nigeria does not like development. She only likes lamentations and exportation.

... So that your fellow bloodthirsty bandits and terrorists can waylay and execute them in farms abi Pathetic filth!

mfm04622:


What support has this govt not given farmers?
Please be specific

Security. Give fulani herdsmen your land or you die.. Femi Adeshina

We don hear

mfm04622:


What support has this govt not given farmers?
Please be specific

What support has this govt given to farmers? Pls tell us how this support has improved food security in Nigeria? Pls be specific

Nosayer:


We don't need to make it look like the universities are the ones who messed up Nigeria. If that's true, Nigerians graduates shouldn't be respected in the world.

Firstly, how many students gets funding to carry out quakitiy research projects even at PhD level? How many of the projects carried out has ever been implemented by the government? I still remember that electric vehicles were assembled by a university in Nigeria about 10 years ago.

It's a generic, societal problem where we don't think we can solve our own problems and when our own people bring solutions, we stock them in the library and later replace them with newer ones.

Nigeria does not like development. She only likes lamentations and exportation.

U're right in ur opinion, but the bulk of research utilization for economic development has to be pushed by the universities, charity they say, begins at home. Universities should make it a point of duty to start making things work. Nobody knows what they're doing in their various universities, it is their responsibility to make their works known, probably by creating good platforms that will get some of their best projects across to government agencies, private setups and even international communities. Let them start putting some of those good research works to use first, from there, they will become known to the entire world.

Raph82:
The part that irritates me most is funds for research, of all the researches made in the past, how many of them have those universities themselves made use of? Abi what's the essence of researches made and ending up in the school libraries? I know of someone who had his ND from Federal College of Agrculture Akure, from there, he won scholarship to a University in Costa Rica, where he got his Bachelor's degree. His final year project was amazing that it was funded and being put to use in the field of tree crops (a citrus-harvesting device), from there, another university from US wooed him to come over for his master's degree, he's in the US now. If it's here, such project will not see the light of the day or probably end up in the school library.

Exactly! I have friends and school mates who are now professors and PhD holders in various countries in different fields. I can relate to this.
The difference? The results from their researches work were actually put to use by the institutions were the schooled. One if them even has patents to his name now and works for the biggest chip manufacturing corporation in the world (InTels).
Over here, (some) students with passion and vision, spend time and money to produce their final year projects only to get a nod during project defense and then have such projects dumped in waste bins afterwards.
Who is responsible for that? The president?

NwaNimo1:
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go and sit down....mumu. Universities that you neglected. Dummy

All over the world university of agriculture develop better seedling
Our lectures and students are only concern about bribe and sex


Affordable men clothing payment on delivery

GreenArrow1:


Are you absolutely sure about this?
Are you aware of the numerous agencies existing in this country whose sole responsibilities are in various sectors of agrarian research and development in conjunction with higher institutions specialized in their respective fields?
Have they ever complained of being under funded?
Let's apportion blames, but responsibly.
By the way, who is the government? Buhari and his cabinet alone? No na.
If there's one thing the past administration and the current one have done consistently, it it is increased funding for agricultural development in the country.
Here you have one president asking more from his government (agric universities are part of that government too).
Have you heard of Farro 61 (rice species) and how it was developed in A.B.U Zaria? Read up on how much it took to develop it, where the funds came from, how potent and how greatly profitable it is to the average rice farmer. Then also read up on why it's availability is limited to the cartel that developed it and why they were reluctant in making the seeds available to the general public.
Compare the funds used in producing such a revolutionary species of rice against the hundreds of billions churned out year -in, year -out to these institutions and then you might see that it isn't ONLY a council of less than 60 men seating in a room near some rock in the nation's capital that squarely have the blame.
N.B: I'm stating these in the assumption that this engagement is to highlight ways to make progress and not just a nairaland aimless back and forth.
Have a good morning.

In trying to exonerate the govt, u ended up indicting it. If u say d federal govt provided funding for researching and developing Farro 61 at ABU which is under the supervision of the FG, isn't it the responsibility of the FG to find out if it's funds for research were properly and judiciously used, it's outcome and what has come out of it? If u say there's a cartel somewhere hoarding seeds developed with FG funding, are these cartel members ghosts that d FG can't locate and demand accountability for it's funds? Will u give funds to someone to do something for u and u wouldn't ask for d outcome of such funding?

GreenArrow1:


Exactly! I have friends and school mates who are now professors and PhD holders in various countries in different fields. I can relate to this.
The difference? The results from their researches work were actually put to use by the institutions were the schooled. One if them even has patents to his name now and works for the biggest chip manufacturing corporation in the world (InTels).
Over here, (some) students with passion and vision, spend time and money to produce their final year projects only to get a nod during project defense and then have such projects dumped in waste bins afterwards.
Who is responsible for that? The president?

Who do the universities report to?

lexy2014:


In trying to exonerate the govt, u ended up indicting it. If u say d federal govt provided funding for researching and developing Farro 61 at ABU which is under the supervision of the FG, isn't it the responsibility of the FG to find out if it's funds for research were properly and judiciously used, it's outcome and what has come out of it? If u say there's a cartel somewhere hoarding seeds developed with FG funding, are these cartel members ghosts that d FG can't locate and demand accountability for it's funds? Will u give funds to someone to do something for u and u wouldn't ask for d outcome of such funding?

You missed the point. I'm am not trying to exonerate the government of blame. (It is not a zero sum game).
The development for that rice strain wasn't funded by the government. It was done by prominent members of the rice farmers association of Nigeria. How much did it cost to fund it? A molecular fraction of the funds the same sector receives for R & D from the government yearly.
Cartel here, doesn't refer to a sinister organisation.

Unfortunately over 80% of the youths are below poverty line and many dont have access to basic amenities and not sure of their 2 week food talk less less of being able afford $500 which they can invest with or start at all

Attit:
Varsities need to start with building seeds banks and various improved varieties. No fulani or herdsmen can stop them doing this. This can generate income for Nigwria and we can even export to other African nations. We are so backward in this area and only foreign seeds manufacturers are doing this.

Private companies also need to invest in this area..this is just one way Varsities can be useful, rather, they are just collecting salaries claiming they teach students. What is the ess3snse of teaching theory when they cannot do anytning with it.

People are so fast 5o blame FG while they too needs to look at themselves and try to start solving problems, but they would rather wait for FG to solve everything.