The National Committee of Heads of Colleges of Agriculture and Related Disciplines (NACHCARD) has appealed to the federal government to reconsider its plan of leasing available lands in their institutions for food production. In its 65th Regular Meeting in Abuja, the National Committee welcomed the Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Food Security (FMAFS)’s request for information on available land for food production in the colleges. The committee emphasized the need for the ministry to provide funds and inputs to the colleges instead of leasing their lands to third parties to prevent the eve…