IITA partners MasterCard to create 40,000 agric job for youths in Nigeria

 About 40,000 Nigerian youths have been targeted to be trained by International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA) in partnership with MasterCard Foundation in various Agric-business entrepreneurship in food values. This was contained in statement made available yesterday by IITA Godwin Atser .

It was stated that 40,000 Nigerian young women and men are to be trained in agri-food value chains for the next five years by IITA and MasterCard Foundation partnership.

IITA is thereby calling for application from women and men between the age of 18 and 35 living in Lagos, Kano and Kaduna to apply for the training programme that would give them an opportunity to grow their businesses through coaching and mentoring on modern farming and value addition techniques.

The statement added that young people would be exposed to agriculture product marketing skills, market linkages, and career orientation through job placements and internship opportunities.

Interested candidates are thereby asked to apply through www.youthagripreneurs.org /young-africa-works-iita.Contact: 09062081803, 09062081804, 09020957065.