Edo-North Zonal Manager, Edo Agricultural Development
Programme, Mr. Jolly Ileaboya, on Tuesday said no fewer than 15,000
farmers had been trained in modern agriculture by the state government.
Ileaboya disclosed
this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria in Auchi.
He
said that the farmers were trained in crops, livestock, fisheries, cassava
and rice cultivation, as well as food processing.
The
EADP manager said that the beneficiaries were drawn from the six Local
Government Areas that made up the Edo-North Senatorial District.
“Basically,
we service farmers in this locality through our extension-based activities.
“We
go to the field to teach farmers the modern technology of farming in all
aspects of agriculture, including crops, livestock, fisheries and
food processing.
“No
fewer than 15,000 farmers have access to this training, to make the
farmers improve on agricultural production.
