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Agriculture which in recent time has become a hub for economic activities, has been tipped by stakeholders to take over from petroleum as the major export commodity for Nigeria which will boost the country’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP). Furthermore, government over the years have embarked on series of programmes and interventions targeted at changing the […]
The International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) – Value Chain Development Programme (VCDP) has trained 50 youths in Niger on networking in agricultural value chain. Dr Mathew Ahmed, the State Programme Coordinator (SPC), made this known on Monday while declaring open the one-day workshop in Minna. IFAD-VCDP is on rice and cassava value chain. Ahmed […]
The FADAMA III Second Additional Financing (AFII) programme is training 27 officers on the use of flexible accounting 200+ software for effective recordkeeping and information management in the project. The Training Manager, Mr Robert Udeh, told newsmen in Abuja on Wednesday that the training would aid efforts to compute all transactions of the project effectively. […]
The United Nations Development Programme Goodwill Ambassadors yesterday began the training of 50 farmers in Kaduna State Under the Sustainable Development Goals Fund(SDGF). Speaking at a briefing with Journalists in Abuja yesterday, UN resident/ Humanitarian Coordinator, Edward Kallon said the Goodwill Ambassadors( the Roca Brothers) who are acclaimed master chefs are passionate advocates for Food […]
The Raw Materials Research and Development Council (RMRDC), has embarked on intensive training for registered cotton farmers on best practices in the Southwest, Northeast and Northwest zones of the country. The training with the theme, “Capacity Building Training for Cotton Farmers on Appropriate Agronomic Practices for Cotton Production,” was part of the council’s efforts to […]
The Raw Materials Research and Development Council (RMRDC) has begun intensive training for registered cotton farmers in the South-West, North-East and North-West zones of the country. The training, according to the council, was for farmers to adopt global best practices which can make the production system and products globally competitive. The Director-General of RMRDC, Dr. […]
The Synergos Nigeria, an NGO, says it has trained 40 stakeholders in the agriculture sector with the essential agricultural commodity marketing knowledge and skills. The Field Manager of the organisation, Mr Victor Adejoh, said this on Monday at the Training Workshop on Agricultural Commodities and Export in Abuja. Adejoh, who said the workshop aimed at […]
The Federal Government under the Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development has trained and empowered no fewer than 65 women on fishing technologies. Mrs Lere Adams, the Acting Director of Information in the ministry made this known in a statement in Abuja on Monday. Adams said that the training was in line with the […]
The Executive Director, Agricultural and Rural Management Training Institute (ARMTI), Dr. Olufemi Oladunni, has reiterated the determination of the institute to reduce youth mobility caused by poverty, through training that will create jobs and business opportunities for them in the agricultural sector and in the rural areas. Declaring open a workshop for farmers in Kaduna […]
The African Development Bank (AfDB) and the Brazil-Africa Institute (BAI) have launched the Youth Technical Training Program (YTTP) – an initiative that aims to train young African professionals in research and technology transfer, contributing to local capacity development. The YTTP initiative is sponsored under the South-South Cooperation Trust Fund (SSCTF) and will consists of an […]
Osun Defender learnt at least 378 young farmers at the weekend concluded a one-week training in agriculture as well as other entrepreneurial and leadership development courses at the Citizenship and Leadership Training Center, Shere Hills, Jos, Plateau State. The training was organized by the Value Chain Development Programme (VCDP). It drew participants from the Apex […]
A total of 378 young farmers at the weekend concluded a one-week training in agriculture as well as other entrepreneurial and leadership development courses at the Citizenship and Leadership Training Center, Shere Hills, Jos, Plateau State. The training which was organized by the Value Chain Development Programme (VCDP) drew participants from the Apex Leading Farmers […]
The Federal Government says it will train officers of the Nigerian Air Force (NAF) who are interested in going into agriculture to ensure food security in the country. Chief Audu Ogbeh, the Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, said this at a sensitisation workshop organised for officers of NAF on the benefits of the new […]
Yobe State Agricultural Development Programme (ADP) has disclosed plans to train farmers on modern farming techniques under semi-arid weather and soil conditions. The Programme Manager of ADP, Mustapha Goggobe, disclosed this at the weekend while addressing farmers and agricultural extension workers at the state’s secretariat complex, Damaturu He said the scheme would be done in […]
FADAMA III AFII project in Yobe state has trained agricultural specialists on modern agricultural extension and data capturing to improve the livelihood of Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) who have returned to farming in the liberated communities. Speaking during the closure of a three-day workshop organised by project in Damaturu, the state coordinator, Musa Garba, said […]