BREXIT AFFAIR!!U.K. MUST STRENGTHEN COMMERCIAL AGRICULTURE

BREXIT AFFAIR!!U.K. MUST STRENGTHEN COMMERCIAL AGRICULTURE

BY ABDULMUMINI ADEKU

To leave the European Union or to stay in it,well the die is cast and now several public affairs commentators around the world are saying that irrespective of whatever happens ,commercial agriculture should be taken very seriously by the United Kingdom..

In an exclusive chat with The News office Desk of the E.N.M.Paedia Express Multimedia Group of Lagos,Nigeria ,Chief Sunday Ogunyale who spent three years in Nottingham as a post graduate student in the early 1980 s noted that his knowledge of farming in the United Kingdom based on that period's indices was that  the Island nation was very strong in dairy and poultry farming.

He recalled that they had access to pasteurized milk and normal milk during his student days with both good enough to quench a man's hunger at a time.

He admitted that he was not aware if the United Kingdom produced so much of crops as most of these may not be able to grow in the place due to the climate hence the nation is forced to spend so much on importation.

In a related issue,The Nigerian educationist but British born,Mrs Annette Adeoba while speaking on the matter noted with dismay at the fact that the United kingdom does not in any way produce all that she needs in agriculture as it makes do with a lot of importation.

Analysts are now thinking that perhaps The United Kingdom can synergize with other developmental partners and nations to move forward ,Brexit or no Brexit!!

The powerful Island nation can buy up large expanse of land in overseas nations which could help to buoy her agro commodity capacity such that they can have enough of tropical and temperate crops while at the same time being availed with the opportunity of having its own nationals as workers in the commercial farming enterprise so established.

In a related issue,The Chief Executive officer of The Premier Newspapers ,Mr Babatunji Ismaila Wusu said that no African farmer could compete favourably with any of his European counterparts due to the incentives available to the latter and as a result the farmer works under a regime that is highly subsidized .

He recalled that this was what Dr Abubakar Bukola Saraki ,The Current President of the Nigeria Senate tried to do when he invited the Zimbabwean farmers to Kwara State during his tenure as a Governor for the former to establish her presence after been sent packing by Former President Robert Mugabe .

He assured that if the United Kingdom does eventually leave The European Union [E.U.],the implications are very dear as every citizen will now have to pay for every form of services it gets