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objectives of the ministry

The main objectives of the ministry are to motivate, stimulate and educate the private sector in the optimal utilization and improvement of our agricultural resources in the overall interest of the State. Other objectives of the Ministry of Agriculture and Food Security are to:

• Advise government on the formation of policies that can transform agricultural activities in the state including crops, livestock and fisheries;
• Stimulate increase in the production of, and improvement in, the quality of food crop, livestock export and industrial crops through the application of modern production technology.
• Initiate and improve rural institutions that will accelerate the tempo of the agricultural development;
• provide necessary training for and supply at subsidized costs, the major farm input required by farmers;
• insure good health for livestock population in the state by diagnosing and treating of livestock disease by inoculation;
• ensure that meat production is safe and wholesome for human consumption;
• test, investigate, adapt and develop new machinery in respect of clearing, cultivation, drying and storage;
• motivate, stimulate and educate the private sector in the optimum utilization and improvement of the non-extraction natural resources of the state
• control pest, supervise storage and ensure proper grading of produce to bring about maximum return of farmers;
• be involve in modern direct production where private efforts are negligible as in dairy production
• provide input, tools equipment and other facilities at subsidy with a view to enabling the farmers increase their productivity and scope of operation, process/store and market their produce orderly; and
• provide technical know-how to farmers so that they can make the best use of the facilities availed to them by the government.