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Nigeria to attract youths into agriculture through mechanised farming

September 25, 2020
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Promote smart agriculture in the media to attract the youth - FRI By Linda Dede Nyanya Godji It is a known fact most young people are usually not interested in take farming or agriculture as a job partly or largely due to their perception of farming being antiquated, laborious and unprofitable. Engaging youth in agriculture has been a prominent topic recently and has risen up the development agenda, as there is growing concern worldwide that young people have become disenchanted with agriculture. With most young people – around 85% – living in developing countries, where agriculture is likely to provide the main source of income it is vital that young people are connected with farming. According to a report by Farm radio International (FRI), the promotion or the airing of entertaining and educative agricultural programs on TV and radio can change youths’ negative perceptions about agriculture and attract them to farming. The report affirms that the early exposure of children to facets of the agricultural value chain other than crop production, including entrepreneurship, using ICTs, and home-based processing, can encourage youths to go into agriculture. According to Farm radio, there is a potential to draw youth to agriculture by modernizing farming by taking advantage of ICT innovations and mechanization to improve agronomic practices, increase yields, connect farmers to buyers by phone or online, and increase revenues. As the world celebrate world Youth Day, FRI advised NGOs and governments to fund and incubate great agricultural innovations and businesses that add value and attract more youth into agriculture and not forgetting to facilitate youth access to farmland. It further states that while veteran farmers can help train emerging youth farmers on their agronomic skills, training it is more effective when conducted by youth who are already practicing agribusiness, who can act as new farmers’ main source of information. Potential youth farmers should be abreast with the following to enable them venture into agriculture: • The opportunities that exist across the full agricultural value chain. • How to market their farm produce and popularize their agricultural innovations. • How to use the media to promote their agricultural activities. • How to process raw agricultural produce in line with safety regulations. • How to handle harvested produce to prevent post-harvest losses. • How to identify opportunities to help fund their new agricultural ventures. • The high-value crops to grow to maximize their earnings. • How to capitalize on existing partnerships in agribusiness • How to make use of existing innovative technologies in agribusiness. Source: Farm Radio International. (From its backgrounder report issued to commemorate world youth day on the 12 of August, 2021)
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Dr. Ogbonnaya Onu, Minister of Science and Technology says the Federal government of Nigeria is working on plans to mechanise agriculture in order to make it more attractive to Nigerian youths.

Dr. Onu said this on Tuesday in Abuja when he received Promise Amahah, Director General and National Coordinator of Nigerian Young Farmers Network in his office.

The Minister said considering the population of youths in the country, their involvement in agriculture would guarantee food security, job creation and increase foreign exchange earnings for the country.

He emphasised that the present administration placed high premium on agriculture, as demonstrated by the massive attention given to rice production by President Muhammadu Buhari.

According to the Minister, the deployment of science, technology and innovation is crucial to the development of agriculture in Nigeria.

“Many aspects of farming are dependent on Science and Technology: from selection of seeds that are high yielding to drought and pest resistant seeds,’’ he said.

The Minister, however, regretted the misfortune of post-harvest losses in the country’s agricultural sector.

He assured that his ministry will support the sector by deploying relevant technologies to ensure significant reduction in post-harvest losses to attain food security.

He said agricultural produce were essential to the development of pharmaceuticals, adding that products like cassava provide starch which was a major ingredient for the production of medicinal drugs.

Onu advised the group to continue to work as a team to achieve its objectives.

Earlier, Amahah told his host that the visit was aimed at seeking a working relationship with the ministry in order to positively reposition agriculture in the country.

He said the network was a melting pot for key stakeholders and investors in the agricultural sector.

He added that the group was striving towards developing a reliable and dependable data platform for agriculture in the country.

According to him, the network which has over two million members spread across the country and focused on driving and accelerating agricultural development in Nigeria.

 

Source : agronewsupdates

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