Sen. Adams Oshiomhole (APC-Edo-North) says 110 farmers from his senatorial district will benefit from a training to boost agricultural production to ensure food security in the area.
Oshiomhole disclosed this during the opening of three- day training on Horticulture Best Practices and Modern Farming for Farmers from selected wards in Edo North at Jattu on Friday.
Oshiomhole, represented by his Legislative Aide, Mr Adams Mumin said after the training, the beneficiaries would receive farm inputs.
He said that the programme was in collaboration with the National Primary Healthcare Development Agency (NPHDA) and Rawlec Investment Limited.
The lawmaker said that the intention of the training was to uplift the lives of small holder farmers in the senatorial district to foster sustainable agricultural best practices.
“We are equipping these farmers with the tools to enhance productivity, improve resilience, and embrace sustainable practices.
“We are laying the foundation for a more resilient and prosperous agricultural sector because farmers are not just the backbone of the society, they are the heartbeat of our nation’s prosperity,” he said.
The Managing Director, Rawlec Investment Limited, Mr Odinya Ameh, said 110 farmers would be trained on horticulture best practices in modern farming.
Ameh, who is also the consultant of the training, said farm inputs such as liquid fertilisers, knapsack sprayers, pesticides, besticides, seeds, rainboots as well as financial aid would be distributed to the beneficiaries.
A resource person, Mr Mamudu Muhammad said teaching the farmers best practices in horticulture would make them perform better in modern farming.
“Horticulture has to do with plants alone unlike agriculture which is more broad comprising animals.
“The participants will be taught on the details of horticulture, the importance and how to practice it,” Muhammad said.
He urged beneficiaries to utilise the modern farming techniques to boost production and guarantee food security in the area.
“We must utilise whatever is within us or has been provided for us to be able to feed, or at least take a step forward in food security agenda of the present government,” he said.
Mr Boih Asemokha, a beneficiary expressed gratitude to the Federal Government and Sen. Oshiomhole for the intervention.
“This is a great initiative from Oshiomhole and we appreciate the senator for this initiative,” Asemokha said.
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