Nasarawa: Farmers Receive Training On Food Security, Climate Change

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Following efforts to enhance food security in the county, the Fresh and Young Brains Development Initiative, FBIN, a non-governmental organization yesterday trained 30 small scale farmers under its grow champions project.


Speaking at the training programme held in Lafia, the state capital yesterday, Chief Executive Officer and founder of the organization, Bar. Nkiruka Nnaemego said the gesture was aimed at empowering farmers with the necessary knowledge in modern farming techniques and to advocate increased investments in small scale agriculture in the country.

She explained that the FBIN which was founded 2008 was designed to stimulate positive change, promote social and environmental responsibility as well as the spirit of volunteerism in the society and to facilitate intergenerational relationships.

Nnaemego who averred that Nigeria remains predominantly an agricultural society, owing to its highly diversified agro-ecological conditions which makes production of wide range of agricultural products possible, stressed the importance of agriculture in the sustenance of the nation’s economy.

The Chief Executive Officer challenged participants at the training to take advantage of the opportunity to improve on their farming activities and commended OXFAM NIGERIA for funding the project.
“Agriculture remains a very important sector of the economy and we must put all hands on deck in improving it especially now that the global oil price has fallen”

In a goodwill message at the event, Mr. Ango Adamu who regretted that climate change was affecting the production of food, urged participants to make good use of the opportunity provided by the organization to improve in their farming activities.

LEADERSHIP Friday reports that the event witnessed a display of numerous agricultural products by participants.