ATA: FG, Thailand to train 600 Benue farmers

The Federal Government through its Agricultural Transformation Agenda (ATA) will soon send about six hundred ( 600) Benue farmers selected across the twenty three ( 23) Local Government Areas of the state to a 3 month intensive training in Thailand. 

 

The farmers will be trained on modern techniques in production and processing of rice, beniseeds, soyabeans, cassava, horticulture and tree crops.

 Also the training programme will include irrigation farming to minimize over-dependant on rain fall agricultural activities. The project is being co-funded by the government of Nigeria and Thailand as ages below fifty and above eighteen are the targets for the training.

Food Farm News reliably gathered that beneficiary farmers’ credentials are presently being processed at the Embassy of Thailand in Abuja as they will go in batches of three hundred. 

Speaking to Food Farm News on the development, the desk officer, Benue Ministry of Agriculture, Mr. Raphael Dav expressed hope that the training of the farmers in Thailand will boost agricultural activities and services in the State.

Mr. Dav stated further that the programme is expected to bring about increased production and help to return State to its status of food basket of the nation.