Bayelsa Farmers Trained On Plantain Cultivation
Plantain Cultivation: The senator representing Bayelsa West, Chief Foster Ogola, has trained over 500 rural farmers in the state on the cultivation of plantain.
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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 […]
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 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 […]