{"id":69081,"date":"2023-02-09T18:34:16","date_gmt":"2023-02-09T17:34:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/?p=69081"},"modified":"2023-02-09T21:05:16","modified_gmt":"2023-02-09T20:05:16","slug":"navsa-fg-set-to-train-75-farmers-in-ibadan-on-smart-agriculture","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/sub\/navsa-fg-set-to-train-75-farmers-in-ibadan-on-smart-agriculture\/","title":{"rendered":"NAVSA: FG Set To Train 75 Farmers In Ibadan On Smart Agriculture"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The Federal Ministry of Communications and Digital Economy, through the National Information Technology and Development Agency (NITDA) , is set to host a 7-Day empowerment programme to train about 75 Farmers on Smart Agriculture in Ibadan Oyo State.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The empowerment program is scheduled to hold at the University of Ibadan’s Faculty of Agriculture from the 11th to the 17th of February, 2023.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

NITDA, through its smart initiatives, have continued to focus on using smart technologies to improve agricultural yield and food security; promote eco-friendly agriculture practice; expand the participation and role of the youths in Agriculture sector while building a platform that connects farmers with both local and international investors as well as market.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This edition will feature the soil nutrition monitoring system, the smart brooding system and also the smart irrigation The adopted farmers\u2019 benefits include: 1. Smart Device 2. One 100 hundred thousand Naira seed fund 3. AgTech training\/capacity Building 4. Connectivity (Internet and CUG) 5. NAVSA Platform 6. Financial inclusions through digital wallets 7. e-Extension and insurance services 8. Continuous reinvestment model opportunities 9. Unmanned Area Vehicle (UAV)\/Drone for smart farm 10.Portable Green Energy system 11.Smart Demo Farm (smart irrigation and brooding Systems, and Soil Intelligence Systems) etc .<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The empowerment programme is projected to facilitate millions of jobs, increase productivity, as well as the contribution of Agriculture to GDP, which, in turn would make Nigeria a leading nation in food security and an exporter of standard Agricultural produce to the world.<\/p>

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The Federal Ministry of Communications and Digital Economy, through the National Information Technology and Development Agency (NITDA) , is set to host a 5day capacity building workshop to train about 70 farmers on Smart Agriculture in Ibadan Oyo State.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":69082,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1593,17],"tags":[6732],"coauthors":[2391],"class_list":["post-69081","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","","category-metro","category-news","tag-nitda"],"yoast_head":"\nNAVSA: FG Set To Train 75 Farmers In Ibadan On Smart Agriculture - National Wire<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The Federal Ministry of Communications and Digital Economy, through the National Information Technology and Development\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/sub\/navsa-fg-set-to-train-75-farmers-in-ibadan-on-smart-agriculture\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"NAVSA: FG Set To Train 75 Farmers In Ibadan On Smart Agriculture - 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