Federal and state officials at the Department of Agriculture have begun reviewing Nigeria' s agricultural policies and programs to prevent food crises that can arise from insecurity of farmland.

At the opening ceremony of the 44th National Council for Agriculture and Rural Development, participants expressed concern about the impact of increasing insecurity on agricultural production in Nigeria.

To prevent a possible food crisis, Ernest Umakhihe, Secretary of State of the Federal Ministry for Agriculture and Rural Development, announced the opening of a council to review the country' s agricultural policies.

" This is a platform for us to review current policies and programs that have a significant impact on the country' s economy, " he said.

Umakhihe added, " As a responsibility at this meeting, we will effectively address the challenges in the agriculture sector and explore the best approaches for maintaining food security, job creation and wealth creation in the country.

" This process aims to assess the impact of existing policies and programs, improve existing strategies and shape agricultural development initiatives in the country. "

However, the Minister of Foreign Affairs noted that the government is implementing the applicable framework of the National Plan for Economic Sustainability and the Plan for Agricultural Technology and Innovation of Nigeria as a strategy for sustainable food and economic development.

The theme of the 44th National Council on Agriculture and Rural Development is " Nigeria, Agriculture and Food Security in the Face of COVID- 19, Floods and Vulnerability" .

During the session, the President of the Nigeria free Infrastructure Forum in Nigeria, Prof. Gbolagade Ayoola, wondering why there are always problems with nutrition policy from one regime to another or from one government to another.

" Why is this happening, as if we can' t learn from our own mistakes from the past to the present? " he asked.

When asked, Ayoola replied that Nigeria' s agricultural infrastructure is still poor.

He said there were gaps in the nature of infrastructure, availability, quantity, flow, quality and sustainability, and the philosophy of food security policies was and remains wrong.

He explained this with the traditional concept of food as a human need, which should focus on the supply of food in the market, rather than the modern concept of food as a human right, which should be based on demand.

Have You ever wondered if there are other useful things to do with perfume, apart from spraying them on your body?

1. Flower Vase

Flower Vase is used for holding or keeping flower. It is used for decorative purposes and to enliven a place.

They can be kept in homes, work places, hospitals, reception area and other places where they can add beauty to the environment.

Some Perfumes come with very beautiful and well designed bottle shape that makes them suitable for use as flower Vase.

Besides flower Vase, old perfume bottles can be used for various other decorative or aesthetic purposes.

Why not try converting that beautiful old perfume bottle to a flower Vase. It can add beauty to your surroundings.

2. Mirror

I am sure from time to time, we all notice white streaks or lines and other stains on our mirror. It could be the bathroom mirror, bedroom mirror, car mirror, and so on.

Did you know that instead of throwing away that your old perfume, you can use it for cleaning your mirror?

I will easily and readily wipe off all those long standing stains which even water can hardly wipe off. 

Perfumes are good for removing stains because of the alcohol composition which is a good solvent and makes cleaning stains easy.

3. Insecticides

Perhaps you never knew until now, that your perfume can be used as insecticide.

Yes. Perfume can also act as insecticide. Normally, when alcohol touches insects directly, they can be killed. Most perfumes are alcohol based. This can make them a good substitute for insecticide when it is urgently needed.

4. Cleaning keyboard Piano

Instead of throwing away your old perfume, if you have a piano in the house, you can use it to clean it up, especially the keys.

5. Nail Polish Remover

Ladies, if you don't have nail polish remover, your perfume can do the same job very well too.

So, stop throwing away your old perfume because you may need them one day for cleaning stuffs like this.

6. Inside Shoes and Bags

Sometimes, inside bags and shoes begin to develop certain odours that are not palatable.

You can spray your old perfumes inside them to help freshen them up.

7. Handkerchiefs

Your old Perfumes can be slightly sprayed on handkerchiefs to keep you constantly surrounded with sweet and reliving aroma.

Even when you place them another place, they spread the aroma all around.

8. Freshening Rug/Carpet

That your smelly rug and carpet can be given a new life with some good scent.

Why throw away your old perfume when you can use it to spray on your rugs and carpets?

9. Cleaning Tiles

Did you know that some of those greasy stains on your floor or wall tiles can be easily removed by using that old perfume you no longer value?

However, please be careful if using it in the kitchen because the alcohol content of perfumes is highly inflammable.

So, be careful not to use your old perfume in cleaning your kitchen tiles, especially those close to the fire place.

10. Car Air freshener

If you still love the scent of your old perfume, instead of throwing it away because you got a new one or because you have grown tired of it, perhaps you can use it in the car instead.

11. Room Air freshener

Your old perfume can be occasionally uses to scent up your room.

Especially if you still love the scent of your old perfume, you can use it as a replacement for your air freshener.

12. Washing Machine

You can apply your old perfume into your washing machine when washing your clothes.

This has a way of blending the scent into your clothes as they are being washed.

13. Bed Spread and Pillows

Bedding, Pillows, and Foams can all be made to scent nice by applying old perfume on them.

Don't just throw away that old perfume, especially if the scent is still cool. You can use it for this purpose.

14. Bathroom aroma

Most people have not formed the habit of making their bathroom and toilet have a good scent.

This is one good place you can apply that old perfume which still smells nice, instead of throwing it away.

15. Curtains

How do your Curtains smell? You can apply your old perfumes on your Curtains to make them smell real cool.

When Curtains smell nice, it can give a welcoming and warm feeling anytime someone opens the Curtains.

16. Underwear Drawer

Why should you allow your underwear Drawer smell awful? 

With your old perfumes that still scent lovely, you can change that nasty odour to a scintillating one.

17. Lotion Add-in

Instead of throwing away your sweet smelling old perfume, you can add it into your cream, especially hand cream.

Some of us, especially ladies usually have hand cream in our bags. Occasionally apply that perfumed hand cream and keep your atmosphere aromatic always.

18. Bath Water Add-in

Some people love to add in different stuffs in their water before they bath.

Apart from disinfectants, you can equally add your good scenting old perfume in a reasonable quantity to make you smell and feel great.

This is one of the methods practiced in Aromatherapy - the art of using scent or aroma for healing.

19. Pet House

Oftentimes, pet houses do not have good smell. Most people don't even see the need for that.

Using your old perfume, you can slightly apply some around or your pet house. Be careful not to apply too much so as not to make your pet uncomfortable.

20. Inner Walls of Closets

That terrible smelling closet can be transformed by applying some of those good smelling old perfumes you want to throw away.

Think about that. Apply the perfume on the inner walls and edgds of your closet.

22. Book Shelves

Overtime, books can develop certain odours that are not palatable.

Instead of throwing away your old perfume, you can spray them around that book shelf, especially at the inner corners and edges.

23. Hand Fans

Spraying sweet scenting perfume on your fabric hand fans can make you feel refreshed each time you blow air with it. It can also keep the atmosphere aromatic.

24. Travel Luggage

Travel luggage can be made to smell nice by applying your perfume inside the bag, at the inside edges of the bag and other strategic points to keep your clothes and other items smelling good.

So, next time you want to travel, how about using that old perfume to keep your items refreshed, instead of throwing it away?

25. Pre scent Clothes

Perfumes can be applied on clothes even long before they are worn.

Did you know that you can use that old good smelling perfume to pre scent your clothes before they are worn?

26. Garbage Bin

You can also spray perfume on your Garbage Bin to minimize bad Odour.

27. Lamp Shades

You can spray them on your Lamp Shade to give it a cool aroma.

So, you can see that there are about 27 useful things you can do with perfume, apart from spraying them on your body.

What other ideas can you add to these?