The MoU establishes a partnership between the two institutions for research opportunities and for donor-funded projects on nutrition, training for farmers, and education for vulnerable women and children.
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Olusanya who disclosed this at the closing ceremony of the Programme in Lagos explained that the programme was aimed at encouraging the youths to grow into a more productive labour force as adults thereby solving to a reasonable extent the problem of unemployment as well as mitigate the possible effects of global food crisis.
While speaking with the CEO, IITA Business Incubation Platform (BIP), Mr. Frederick Schreurs, and the Director-General of Premier Agribusiness Academy (PAA), Toromade Francis, during a courtesy visit to the IITA facility in Ibadan, Oyo State, AIG Baju, who also doubles as the president, Veterinary Council of Nigeria (VCN), expressed delight at the commitment made by the two renowned agricultural training institutes towards ensuring the wellbeing of police officers after retirement.
Speaking during a Field Day for Rice Seed Outgrower Scheme to farmers supported by APPEALS Project in Epe and Lekki areas of Lagos, the State Project Coordinator of APPEALS, Oluranti Sagoe-Oviebo, said APPEALS Project sponsored by Lagos State Government in conjunction with the Federal Government and World Bank is supporting and building farmers’ productivity in rice value chain with technology for food security.
The commissioner for Wealth Creation and Employment, Yetunde Arobieke, disclosed this at the global certification on solar technology training for unemployed youths.
Registrar / CEO, Nigeria Institute of Animal Science (NIAS), Professor Eustace Iyayi, while addressing stakeholders during a collaborative meeting held with Premier Agribusiness Academy (PAA) and the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA) in Ibadan, Oyo state said, the unavailability of quality and affordable livestock feed to farmers can be attributed to the shortfall in local production of maize and soybean in the country.
The State Acting Commissioner for Agriculture, Abisola Olusanya, gave out the empowerment tools on Tuesday at the beginning of a three-day capacity building and training of the rice farmers on current production practices in the rice value chain.
A mobile phone application that enables farmers to control weeds through use of inputs, with over 500 downloads from Google Play Store, has been launched by the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture, Ibadan, Oyo State.
This was announced via a statement on Monday by the Country Director for Google in Nigeria, Juliet Ehimuan-Chiazor.
Dr Claude Fauguet, Director of the Global Cassava Partnership of IITA, made the assertion at a news conference in Lagos to announce the 4th International Cassava Conference.
While presenting the agriculture inputs to the state government, the Project Leader, Cassava Weed Management and Director, Development and Delivery Office, IITA, Dr. Alfred Dixon, assured the state of the organisation’s readiness to ensure that the state have highest tons and yields in all areas of agriculture.
Leading a team of experts across the agriculture process chain and relevant government ministries and agencies, Obasanjo, who flagged off the project, said the task of providing food in sufficiency by 2030 “is going to take the collective effort of each and every citizen of this great nation and our partners