The Vice Chancellor, Kano University of Science and Technology, Wudil, Prof. Shehu Alhaji Musa, has said consideration of consumption preference is critical to agricultural development in Nigeria.
The professor of Agricultural Economics and Extension, worried that inspite of the huge deposited natural resource, Nigeria is still listed by Food and Agriculture Organisation among nations who are technically incapacitated to meet its food demands.
The don, who made the submission while delivering the 46 series of professorial inaugural lecture at Bayero University, Kano at the weekend emphasised on value addition, consumption pattern as key factors that determine agricultural viability in a country.
Source: Guardian