The Kaduna State House of Assembly Committee on Education has taken further legislative action on a bill seeking to establish College of Agricultural Technology in the state.
Specifically, the committee has concluded arrangement to conduct public hearing on the piece of legislation, tagged: “A Bil for a law to establish State College of Agricultural Technology, Samaru Kataf, 2024″ and sponsored by Hon. Sam Kambe representing Zangon Kataf Constituency.
According to the chairman of the Committee on Education, Hon. (Barrister) Mahmud Lawal Ismaila stated that “the hearing will start on Tuesday, 17th December, 2024, by 11:00 am prompt at the Hon. Members Common Room, Lugard Hall Complex Kaduna.
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Our correspondent recalled that agricultural technology, or agri-tech, is important because it helps farmers increase production, reduce their Impact on the environment, and make safer food.
Experts explained that with agri-tech, farmers no longer have to apply water, fertilizers, and pesticides uniformly across entire fields. Instead, they can use the minimum quantities required and target very specific areas, or even treat individual plants differently.
They listed its benefits to include higher crop productivity, decreased use of water, fertilizer, and pesticides, which in turn keeps food prices down, reduced impact on natural ecosystems, less runoff of chemicals into rivers and groundwater as well as increased worker safety.
In addition, robotic technologies enable more reliable monitoring and management of natural resources, such as air and water quality. It also gives producers greater control over plant and animal production, processing, distribution, and storage, which results in greater efficiencies and lower prices
Safer growing conditions and safer foods, reduced environmental and ecological impact, efficiency, and prices.