Kaduna-based agricultural expert and entrepreneur, Sadik Falalu, has called on our teeming youths to take the abundant opportunities in agriculture by addressing hunger and poverty prevailing in our country.
He made this known during the 2nd annual distributors and suppliers conference of Falgates Rice held in Kaduna at the weekend.
Speaking on the theme “Empowering our Youths in Agriculture: The opportunities and Challenges”, Falulu who doubles as Managing Director of Falgates Rice, noted that even with the vast land in abundance in the country, the teeming youths saw farming as an old fashion or a poor man’s job, adding that most young Nigerians want a white collar jobs forgetting the opportunities in agriculture.
“I want to tell them there’s alot of opportunities in farming if only our teeming youths understand.”
To this end, he called on the youths to start farming especially now that eating three square meals is becoming difficult in most houses.
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