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FarmAgric Foundation In Collaboration With Skye Opens Registration For Farmers Business School Training In Abuja

The programme Skills Development for Youth Employment – SKYE funded by the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) and implemented by Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH in collaboration with FarmAgric Foundation for Agriculture have concluded the first phase of the Agricultural skill acquisition program ASAP 2020. So far, 300 young people […]

Ondo Trains, Empowers 38 In Broiler Processing

[ad_1] Akure- No fewer than 38 persons have been train in broiler processing by Ondo State Government at Isuada Poultry Farms. The trainees completed the 16-weeks training on Friday last week and were issued certificate of participation by the Senior Special Assistant to the state governor on Agric and Agribusiness, Pastor Akin Olotu. In his […]

Smartfarm Nigeria partners Psaltry to train cassava farmers

[ad_1] Over 1,000 smallholder cassava farmers will be trained on good agronomy practices to enhance their livelihood. The gesture, courtesy of SmartFarm Nigeria–an agritech company, in collaboration Psaltry International is preparatory to the cultivation of about 5, 000 acres of cassava for Psaltry International’s newly installed cassava processing plant. During the signing ceremony of the […]

Agribusiness: GIZ-SKYE Partners FarmAgric Foundation to Train 500 Youths

The programme Skills Development for Youth Employment – SKYE funded by the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) and implemented by Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH in collaboration with FarmAgric Foundation for Agriculture will train 500 young Nigerians in agriculture on the basics of modern agricultural practices, agri-business and farmer […]

NDE Trains 50 Youths in Agriculture in Kwara

The National Directorate of Employment has trained 50 youths in Kwara State in sustainable farming meant to retain them in rural areas of the state. The state coordinator of NDE, Mr Gabriel Adeyemo, said the youths received three months training in arable farming, poultry, snail and piggery farming. Speaking at the completion of the training […]

IITA-ACAI to train 30,000 farmers in Abia, Benue, Oyo, Osun and Ogun states

About 30,000 farmers from Abia, Benue, Oyo, Ogun and Osun state will benefit from the training on the Six Steps to Cassava Weed Management & Best Planting Practices, says Godwin Atser, ACAI Digital Extension & Advisory Services Specialist today. The trainings are aimed at empowering farmers with the knowledge to boost cassava and maize productivity […]

NIHORT trains Delta youths in mushroom, ginger production

The National Horticultural Research Institute (NIHORT) has said that at least 2,000 unemployed youths from various communities in Ndokwa West Local Government Area of Delta State have been trained and empowered in mushroom and ginger production and value chain. The empowerment programme, which is in collaboration with the member representing Ndokwa/Ukwuani Federal Constituency, Ossai Nicholas […]

TOTAL to Boost Next Generation of Agribusiness in Nigeria

Value Drivers Investment Limited in partnership with TOTAL Exploration and Production Nigeria Limited has rounded off a three-week knowledge empowerment initiative, tagged ‘TOTAL Agriculture Entrepreneur Skills Acquisition Training Program’ in Lagos, aimed at empowering youths and boosting agribusiness in Nigeria.

Agric Extension Workers to Receive Aquaculture Training

It is no longer news that Nigeria remains a net importer of fishery products, with a total fish imports amounting to about USD 1.2 billion and exports valued at staggering USD 284 390 million in the year 2013. This has however, prompted Dr Oji Onu Ekumankama, who happens to be a Professor of Agricultural Extension […]

120 farmers trained in mushroom production, ginger processing in Delta

The National Horticultural research Institute (NIHORT) has trained 120 farmers in Delta State in mushroom production and ginger processing for commercial purposes. Executive Director and Chief Executive Officer of NIHORT, Dr Abayomi Olaniyan, said his organisation had identified mushroom and ginger as highly medicinal and rich in protein, vitamins and other minerals, capable of tackling […]

NASS train youths and women on agricultural value-chain

In the quest to lure women and youths towards putting in more participation in the occupation of Agriculture, the Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (FMARD) and Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta (FUNAAB), in collaboration with the House Committee on Agricultural Production and Services have trained youths and women on agricultural value-chain. During the […]

Ogbonnaya Onu Advocates Snail, Mushroom Farming in Nigeria

Minister of Science and Technology, Dr Ogbonnaya Onu, has encouraged the farming of snails and mushrooms in the country as he expressed in confidence that Nigeria will soon be self reliant  in productivity of these less concentrated areas of agriculture. The Science and Technology Minister made this notion known when he performed the foundation laying […]

Plateau Poultry Farmers Receive NVRI Sensitisation on Bird Flu

A five day training workshop organised by the National Veterinary Research Institute (NVRI) meant for poultry farmers and live bird market investors recently took place in Vom, Plateau state. The educative workshop  which welcomed poultry/live-bird operators was a professional training channeled towards the direction of tackling the menace of the infectious dreaded bird flu disease […]

Ogun State Farmers Receive Free Expert Training Opportunity

In an attempt to curb the devastation unfavourable domination of weeds to cassava farming, international body GIZ (Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit) has setup a training of trainers for its 35 lead farmers, farmer cooperatives, extension agents and the N-power youths in Abeokuta, Ogun State. The retraining programme organised by the body aimed at training […]