In a bid to shore-up participation of youths in agriculture the Federal Government recently organized an intensive agribusiness training workshop for over 150 youths from 16 local governments areas in Kwara State.
The 21-day workshop
tagged “Linking women and youths for sustainable green development and income
generation through Agric Business” was organized by the Islamic Green Club
Empowerment Initiative in collaboration with the office of the Special
Assistant to the President on Ethics and Values, Dr. Sarah Jibril.
The program which was
designed to expose the participants to the rudiments of various agricultural
ventures, drive self-sustenance and enhance food security in Nigeria was
executed with support from the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Ministry of
Agriculture and the National Directorate of Employment.
Featuring trainings
in poultry, fishery, snail rearing, fish smoking, grass cutter rearing,
sheep and goat rearing, the workshop sparked in the participants an interest
for agriculture as they were able to see the profitability and income
generating capacity of agriculture via agribusiness.
