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Agripreneurship: In its quest to tackle high rate of joblessness among youths, the Federal Government has kicked off 2018 development training for unemployed graduates and practicing farmers at the Federal College of Agriculture, Akure, FECA.
The Bank of Agriculture (BOA), South-West zone on Wednesday held a training on improved goat/sheep farming for no fewer than 300 farmers in Oyo state.
No fewer than 30 former Niger Delta militants, who are beneficiaries of the Federal Government’s amnesty programme, have commenced training in agribusiness at the Federal College of Agriculture Akure ,FECA, Ondo State.
Agric Supply Gaps: The Federal College of Agriculture, Akure, (FECA) has commenced the training of 350 unemployed graduates and other interested youths to meet up the demand and supply gaps in agriculture.
Agric Programme: The Niger Delta Basin Development Authority, (NDBDA), says it has engaged over 300 youths in agricultural programmes to reduce unemployment in Rivers and Bayelsa States in 2017.
No fewer than 10,000 youths in Katsina State will be enrolled in the Federal Government’s Accelerated Agricultural Development Scheme (AADS) to reduce unemployment in the state.
Plantain Cultivation: The senator representing Bayelsa West, Chief Foster Ogola, has trained over 500 rural farmers in the state on the cultivation of plantain.
Agric Ministry Trains Rural Farmers, The Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development has concluded an intensive training workshop for farmers’ groups/cooperatives from the south-east and south-south zones of the country. The workshop, held at the Federal Cooperative College, Orji River, Enugu State, was organised by the Rural Institutions Development division of the ministry’s Department […]
The Ondo State government has engaged the Federal College of Agriculture, Akure (FECA) for the training of 18,000 youths on egg production and value chain opportunities.
About 40 participants in Iloffa, Oke-Ero Local Government area of Kwara, have benefitted from a training programme on Cassava Value Chain Development.
FACAN Trains 49 Groups In Sokoto On Agric, Marketing, The Federation of Agricultural Commodity Associations of Nigeria (FACAN) says 49 agricultural groups in Sokoto State have been trained in modern production and marketing strategies. The National Secretary of FACAN, Dr Bello Dogondaji, said this in an interview with News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Tuesday […]
Gov. Abubakar Bello of Niger on Friday said the state government would equip farm institutes at Tegina, Kuta, Nasko and Bida local government areas to train youths in modern farming methods in 2018. The governor said this while presenting the state’s N128 billion 2018 budget proposal to the state House of Assembly. Bello added that […]
The Premium Times Centre for Investigative Journalism (PTCIJ) in collaboration with Notore Chemicals Plc. recently organized a 3-day Masterclass to equip journalists and agricultural communication specialists with the right tools and knowledge they need to put issues of the sector in perspective as the nation looks to alternative sources of income beyond oil and gas. […]
Total Upstream Companies in Nigeria, through its TOTALpreneur programme, has trained 60 youths in agriculture and other basic skills. They were trained at the OFFERCentre Institute of Agriculture in Oluponna, Osun State. During the graduation ceremony, which also held at the institute, the Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer, TUCN, Mr. Nicolas Terraz, said the […]
Director General, National Directorate of Employment (NDE), Dr. Nasir Mohammed Ladan, has said 540 unemployed youths in Osun State with passion for agriculture will be trained in arable crop and livestock farming. Ladan said the training will be held in 19 states and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT). According to him, the programme, tagged: Sustainable […]