Buoyed
by the need to rekindle the interest of youths in agribusiness,
stakeholders in the Nigerian agricultural sector have teamed up to
brainstorm on ways to sustain agricultural development in secondary
schools.
At
a two day meeting which recently held in Abuja, representatives from
the federal and states ministry of agriculture including members of the
Farmers Association gathered to discuss the need to make the agric
sector appealing to youths.
Senior
Special Assistant to the President on Schools Agriculture Programme,
Dr. Baraka Sani noted that the meeting was aimed at initiating ideas on
the final implementation of the agricultural programmes in schools. She
said it was necessary to give the youth proper orientation about
agriculture.
In
her words, “this is a real business set up because we want to change
the perception of the students about agriculture, to see the good side
of it and to see that indeed you can make money practicing as a farmer
and as an agribusiness person’’.
Dr.
Baraka revealed that about 850 student agriculture clubs are expected
to be established with 22, 000 beneficiaries of the clubs to be equipped
with vital skills for life.
According
to her, “the President wants to make sure that this time around Nigeria
is not left behind in the scheme of the agriculture club which promotes
entrepreneurship globally”.
While
rounding up the meeting, Dr. Baraka asserted that the students will be
allowed to feature in horticulture, aquaculture, poultry and apiculture
for honey production among others as an avenue to create decent jobs for
youth and reduce poverty.
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