Agriculture

Minister Sponsors Training 20 Young Farmers In Oyo

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4 years ago

September 27, 2020

Joel Ajayi

In a bid to eradicate poverty and ensure food security in Oyo state, the Minister of Youth and Sports Development, Mr. Sunday Dare under the supervision of the National Directorate of Employment NDE has commenced the training of 20 Youth in Agriculture in a bid to expose them to various agricultural techniques.

This is in line with the charge of Mr. President to encourage and support the youth to take to agriculture.

The flag-off of the 3-month training took place at the Oyo East local government Secretariat with young men and women in attendance.

In a message sent by the Minister on the first day of the 90 days training, he said

“The agricultural sector is a key-value chain of the economy, which will make the beneficiaries to be productive to themselves and the society in general. This programme is meant to build young farmers, make everyone self-reliant and provide food security in the state.

The beneficiaries were selected from the 33 local government areas in Oyo state. The participants will be trained on various aspects of agriculture such as crop production, fishery, palm oil processing and livestock. After the training, each participant shall receive farm tools to support them to turning the training into practice.

Speaking at the event, Mr. Matthew a beneficiary said “Great honour to the Minister, Mr Sunday Dare for this great plan to empower unemployed people in the State to be self-employed in the agricultural sector.

Another beneficiary, Mr. Atolagbe from Oyo west local government said ”

I’m elated to be a part of this program and I thank our Minister, for the opportunity.

NDE coordinator of the programme in the Oyo State office of NDE, Mr. Adedoja Kabir called on people to embrace agriculture in order to ensure food sufficiency in the state. He confirmed that the Youth were personally sponsored by the Minister of Youth and Sports for the Scheme.

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Agriculture

Shaping youths’ perception of Agriculture through Agrovest reality TV show

Published

4 months ago

August 21, 2024

The Gleamer

Joel Ajayi

The Agrovest reality Television show initiative aims to influence and change the way young people think about agriculture, redirecting a positive mental attitude .

Reality TV shows are TV programs where ordinary people are filmed in real life situations rather than actors.

Shaping ,implies molding or forming a new perspective of Agriculture on the minds of youths will go a long way in bringing about a change of attitude among young people.

Dr Emmanuel Abuhson ,CEO Tremma Agro Limited and the initiator of the Agrovest reality Television show says Agrovest reality TV show seeks to challenge negative stereotypes and misconceptions about agriculture among young people and showcase the exciting and rewarding aspects of agriculture.

One thing that stands out for the show is the trend of making agriculture attractive to the youths while giving them a positive and constructive perception of agriculture .

Abuhson said this during a stakeholder meeting held in Abuja that the word Agrovest has been coined from two word meaning Agro from agriculture and vest from investment (Agrovest) .

37 boisterous young Nigerians would be selected from the 36 states and will be competing for a 60-day periods in a Agrovest reality TV show between the ages of 18 to 40.

He said that each of the 36 states, including the Federal Capital Territory, will have one representative each. Which will make a total of 37 boisterous young Nigerians that will be competing in the
Agrovest reality TV show.

He said Agrovest is an edutainment TV reality show’s that its objective is to change the narrative in the agricultural sector.The show is a comprehensive agriculture training, advocacy and mentoring program delivered on an entertainment platform.

“These representatives from each state will showcase creative ways of exploring the agriculture industry, commercial insights and more .

“ The representative from each state will live and work together as a team on various agricultural chores that would be given to them during the competition.

“ This is where the commodities association comes in ,they will be training the participants on various agriculture commodities and will also form part of the judges to select who emerges the winner(s)as the case might be,” he said.

He also said that the selected participants will be required to complete all of these duties tasks over the course of the 60 days period and the winner will walk away with a N20 million cash reward and other consolation prizes that we will shortly disclose soon.

“ The idea is an effort to support our efforts in the food sector, innovation, and food security narratives across the country, shifting old viewpoints and making agriculture really appealing. Thereby gaining youth participation in agriculture,” he added.

“ This is in alignment with the President’s vision to ensure food security and the food crisis we have in all over the world.

“ I commend the support and commitment of the stakeholders including the Ministry of Agriculture and all our partners who are working day and night to make this project a reality.

The Presidents of various commodities including soursop, bamboos ,sesame were present at the first stakeholders meeting held in Abuja.

The Office of Senior Special Assistant
to the President on Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Alleviation ( HAPA) are in Collaboration with AgroVest TV Reality show.

Others partners are the Ministry of Agriculture, commodity association and other agriculture stakeholders across the country and globally.

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