Nigerian Agriculture Scientist Ademola Adenle Advocates for Policies to Mitigate Tariff War Crisis

• Nigerian agriculture scientist and policymaker, Ademola Adenle, suggests governments should develop policies to counter unnecessary tariffs on developing countries.

• Adenle, an expert in Genetically Modified Organisms (GMO) technology, argues that a strong scientific research base, regulatory mechanisms, and legal systems could mitigate concerns over the use of GM crops.

• Adenle identifies global agriculture challenges such as land degradation, climate change, poverty, and water scarcity as key issues, and technology plays a crucial role in combating these issues.

• He identifies the recent tariffs announced by U.S. President Donald Trump as a manifestation of trade imbalance.

• Adenle suggests that India needs bio-fortified crops to ensure nutritional quality and encourages investment in research and development to compete with countries like China, the U.S., and some European countries.

• He suggests that policies prescribed by the UN and global banks should align with the development interests of individual countries to achieve the overall objective of agricultural production.