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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.
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