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Professor Mohammed Faguji Ishiyaku Executive Director, Institute for Agricultural Research Samaru, Ahmadu Bello University Zaria Theme: Research for National Food Security And Economic Growth 29th March 2021  Venue: Mamman Kontagora Square, Ahmadu Bello University Zaria   Protocol: 1.     It is a rare privilege and honour for me to stand to address this distinguished audience and to witness another Opening Ceremony of the Annual Research Review and Planning Meeting of the almost a century-old IAR. Last year, this event could not hold owing to the dreaded coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, which began with a partial to total lockdown of activities in the country and globally. In compliance with government directives and our desire to safeguard our teeming partners and stakeholders from unnecessary exposure to risks, we deemed it fit to put on hold this important activity in 2020. 2.     This year by sheer benevolence of the Almighty, we a...

  Professor Mohammed Faguji Ishiyaku                                                                  Executive Director, Institute for Agricultural Research Samaru, Paper presented at the Ahmadu Bello University Agric-Vet Complex Symposium on Agriculture at Mamman Kontagora Square, on The Need For Paradigm Shift In Agricultural Research As Panacea To Attaining Optimum Economic Diversification; 29th March 2021   Preamble Nigeria, our dear Nation is blessed with numerous resources, among which fertile arable land and a large expanse of territorial water dot our landscapes from Bayelsa to Sokoto, from the Mandara mountains to Obudu mountains; from the plains of Yusafari to the Jos plateau. Agriculture is indispensable in our dear Nation's economy, yet we have moved from a net e...