{"id":24169,"date":"2018-06-07T10:29:23","date_gmt":"2018-06-07T09:29:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/?p=24169"},"modified":"2018-06-07T10:29:23","modified_gmt":"2018-06-07T09:29:23","slug":"14-5m-farmers-received-quality-seeds-nasc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/sub\/14-5m-farmers-received-quality-seeds-nasc\/","title":{"rendered":"14.5m Farmers Received Quality Seeds \u2013NASC"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>National Agricultural Seeds Council (NASC) has disclosed that over 14.5 million farmers have, so far, benefited from quality seeds from 2012 till date, to boost agriculture.<\/p>\n<p>Director General of NASC, Dr Phillips Ojo, said the Federal Government will employ, at least, three persons from each local government area to supervise and checkmate quality control of seeds.<\/p>\n<p>Ojo, who made the disclosure at a summit organised by NASC, yesterday, in Abuja, said the council will not tolerate dealers of fake seeds, while hoping for the National Assembly to pass the bill seeking to punish offenders selling low quality seeds.<\/p>\n<p>He, however, used the occasion to highlight some of the challenges confronting the sector such as \u201c under investment by key stakeholders, poor planning and low awareness of seeds usage.\u201d<br \/>\nHe also said \u201cthere is need for developed and sustainable framework to accelerate the growth of the seeds industries.\u201d<\/p><div data-ad-id=\"32665\" style=\"text-align:center; margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:0px; margin-right:0px;float:none;\" class=\"afw afw_ad_image afw_ad afwadid-32665  \">\r\n                                                            <div style=\"font-size:10px;text-align:center;color:#cccccc;\">Advertisement<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.accessbankplc.com\" rel=\"nofollow\"><img decoding=\"async\" height=\"auto\" max-width=\"100%\" src=\"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Banner-1.jpg\"><\/a>\r\n                                                                        \r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p>In his goodwill message, National Vice President, All farmers Association of Nigeria (AFAN) advised farmers to be vigilant against buying low quality seeds which yield poorly.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is very unfortunate that some of the so called \u2018seed dealers\u2019 go to farmers, buy grains from them, package it and in turn supply it to them as good seeds.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>National Agricultural Seeds Council (NASC) has disclosed that over 14.5 million farmers have, so far, benefited from quality seeds from 2012 till date, to boost agriculture. 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