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FG and the Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Food Security have taken a significant stride by conducting training and empowering 3,000 vulnerable farmers across 12 states in the South-West and South-South regions.
Implemented as part of the Agriculture For Food and Jobs Creation Programme under the National Poverty Reduction with Growth Scheme, the initiative aims to enhance farmers’ livelihoods through increased productivity and the adoption of modern agricultural techniques.
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Dr. Deola Lordbanjou, a Director of the Federal Department of Agricultural Extension Services, noted that the training and empowerment efforts were simultaneously carried out across the designated states, with beneficiaries selected and validated by both state and federal agricultural authorities.
Beneficiaries received essential farm inputs, including knapsack sprayers, organic fertilizers, herbicides, maize seeds, rice seeds, and vegetable seeds, tailored to enhance their production and productivity levels. Poultry farms were supplied with day-old chicks, while fish farms received feeds to support their operations.
The program’s overarching goal is to alleviate poverty among vulnerable agricultural producers by leveraging modern agricultural technologies to enhance their output.
Drawing expertise from faculties of agriculture in federal universities, 12 resource persons facilitated sessions on good agricultural practices.
Professor Tajudeen Bameke, from the Department of Agricultural Extension at the Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta, emphasized the importance of value addition to agricultural products, encouraging farmers to seize opportunities for increased profitability.
