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Youth farm boot camp for the vulnerable

Agriculture in Nigeria is the most important sector of the economy from the standpoint of rural employment, sufficiency in food and fibre, and export earning prior to the discovery of oil. he above assertion is based on the fact that as at independence in 1960, little was known of petroleum as a source of revenue for the Nigerian economy. There was... More

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  • Nigeria
  • Promote agriculture among young people
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Building support system among rural farmers in Africa

African agricultural landscape is filled with lots of potential for increased output per square meter if mechanization plays its role. Under a set of more relaxed assumptions, estimates of potentially available uncultivated land in sub-Saharan Africa range from 52 percent to as high as 60 percent of the world's remaining arable land. A renewed focus on agriculture’s potential contribution to economic... More

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  • Nigeria
  • Sharing Information and connecting people
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Youth volunteerism: building capacity among young people in agriculture

Developing the agricultural landscape in Africa needs specialized skills in various areas such as Project Management, Commercial Crop Production, Seed Technology, Agricultural Equipment Maintenance Engineers, Plant and Animal Breeders, Lab Technologist and so many other expert fields. The gap between skilled and unskilled labour in the agricultural field, especially in Africa, calls for prompt response among organisations that have their vision... More

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  • Nigeria
  • Promote agriculture among young people
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Water Conservation: Key to Sustainable Food Production

Do you know that an estimated 200 million people in sub-Saharan African (18% of the population) face serious water shortages all over the world? Do you also know that approximately 70% of the world’s poor live in rural areas with little option but to rely on rain-fed agriculture to sustain their livelihoods? The current challenge of meeting global food demand requires... More

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  • Nigeria
  • Sharing Information and connecting people
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Building resilience among rural farmers in Nigeria

Sabi-Agrik Ltd and partners launched the first phase of a successful agribusiness partnership that supports rural women and farmer groups across Nigeria and Africa on a Farmer’s Voice Project. The Farmer’s Voice Project began in 2018 as a way of helping rural women groups, local communities and indigenous peoples’ institutions, among others to strengthen their technical and business capacities to fight... More

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  • Nigeria
  • Sharing Information and connecting people
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