economy through agriculture, stakeholders at a
summit in the United States,
have urged
government to explore groundwater resilience
programme for sustainable agricultural practice
in the country.
Besides, Plateau State Governor, Simon Bako
Lalong, has expressed optimism that Nigeria
would come out of the present economy crunch
through diversification into sustainable
agricultural practices and mineral resources.
Lalong said this while addressing participants at
the Ground water summit holding in Denver,
United States of America.According to him, as
the world is focusing on sustainable development
through major intervention project and
Sustainable Development Goals (SDG’s), there is
the need to be strategic in the campaign for
diversification into agriculture.He said through
such vision, future generation would be positively
influenced and not be deprived of their rights.
He observed that commercial agricultural
practices require a lot of water for its
sustainability throughout the season hence;
ground water takes a lot in this practice. He
stressed the need to integrate the water
management practices for environmental,
economical and social agricultural practices.
National President of Association of Waterwell
Drilling Rig Owners and Practitioners (AWDROP),
Michael Ale, urged knowledge investors to come
to Nigeria for baseline information and research
into the sustainable use of underground water for
agricultural practices.
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