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Agribusiness: FG builds capacity of extension workers on yam production
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By Gabriel Ewepu – Abuja
As the novel Coronavirus compounds woes in global food production, availability, affordability and accessibility, the Federal Government, Wednesday, moved to South West Nigeria to build and boost the capacity of agricultural extension workers in yam production.
The training workshop for agricultural extension workers in that part of the country was organised was the Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development in order to reposition extension services in line with new approach to develop the yam value chain according to modern-day best practices.
Speaking during the opening ceremony of the training workshop with theme ‘Role of Extension Workers in Yam Value Chain Transformation for Food Security in the Face of COVID-19 Pandemic’ at Ijebu-Ife, Ogun State, the Director, Federal Department of Agriculture in the Ministry, Karima Babangida, in a keynote address explaine
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