«This initiative aimed at improving on the agricultural agenda of the state, getting youths attracted to farming, exposing farmers to modern and
mechanised farming techniques and as well increase agricultural productivity», he added.
Equally, instead of encouraging low - tech traditional
farming methods it may be preferable to focus on improving high - yield
mechanised agriculture on the most fertile farmland to feed the new urban residents, whilst allowing mountainsides and other marginal lands to revert to forest.