Images speak @ the training on Agricultural production and processing economics held in Abuja by the Green Innovation Centre for the Agriculture and Food Sector- Nigeria (GIZ) |
The Green
Innovation Centre for the Agriculture and Food Sector (GIZ), Nigeria is building
capacities of farmers on four major value chains which include maize, rice
cassava and Irish potatoes between 2015 and 2021 in eight states in
Nigeria-Ogun, Oyo- cassava, Rice-Benue, maize- Kano and Kaduna, Irish potato-
Plateau state. This was disclosed by Caroline Trimbom the Project Coordinator
GIZ during capacity building training for journalists in Abuja.
She said
that the whole event was targeted at building the capacity of the small holder
farmers in best agronomics of crops productivity in collaboration with
government agencies in the sector. “We build capacity in training the farmers
in collaboration with Federal Ministry of Agriculture & Rural
Development (Agric Development
Programmes), on good agricultural practices, processors business school (PBS)
on small scale rice parboiling and garri processing, packaging technology for
small and medium processors (Cooperation with Bosch and FIIRO) and ICT- based
solutions for optimal supply management”, explained Trimbom.
She disclosed
that the body was expending seventeen million euros in the capacity building
for 200,000 farmers across the country over six years and emphasized on the need
for creating linkages along the values chains to boost upstream, after post
production, to link the farmers with the processors so as to ensure inclusive
cottage industry like cassava and rice milling centres for more gains using
some basic economics to enhance efficiency.
She added
that GIZ also work on advocacy issues, with private and public partners on
quality seeds supply stressing that the green innovation centre as a project
would continue to gain momentum until the close of the project in 2021 and that
the media capacity building was inevitable to lengthen its shelve life with the
rural people.
Meanwhile, the
body has given capacity training to 35 journalists on proper media agricultural
reporting with linkages to economic business of crops and food value chains
from production, processing and marketing with strong information synergy.
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