Special Wrkshop (Youth in Agribusiness)

.....training Youths in Agribusiness (integrating biofort crops into agribusiness)
.....Organized by HarvestPlus; Building Nutritious Food Basket; and IITA
.....represented Agriculture Graduates Association of Nigeria, Agribusiness Investment Scheme AGAN/AIS, Niger State Chapter

...Date & Duration: Monday 11th December, 2017 - 13th December, 2017 (3-days)


Topic|Resource Person

DAY ONE

• Biofortification, Biofortified Crops in Nigeria & Access| Dr Olapeju Phorbee
• Biofortified Crops as innovative Agricultural Enterprises| Dr Paul Ilona
• Production of Orange Fleshed Sweet Potato (OFSP) | Dr Jude Njoku
• Basic Agronomic Skills of OFSP | Dr Jude Njoku
• OFSP Product Development | Dr Olapeju Phorbee
• Success Story of a Youth Processor of OFSP as Complimentary Food | Nma

DAY TWO

• Entrepreneurial Skills; Accessing Market Opportunities & Finance | Dr. Debo Akande
• Production & Basic Agronomic Skills of Vitamin A Cassava | Dr Paul Ilona
• Small, medium Scale Processing of Vitamin A Cassava | Dr Paul Ilona
• Tour of Exhibition of Vitamin A Cassava | Dr. Paul Ilona
• Visit to IITA, Kubwa Demonstration Farms

  
DAY THREE

• Production of ProVitA Maize (PVA-Maize); Basic Agronomic Skills | Dr Wende Mengesha
• Processing, Utilization & Marketing  of PVA-Maize | Dr Wende Mengesha
• PVA-Maize Product Development | Dr Wende Mengesha
• Industrial, Small, Medium Scale Utilization & Processing of PVA-Maize | Dr Paul Ilona
• Adult Learning Techniques & Communication Skills | Ms Joyce Maru
• Stepping-down training of biofort crops at rural level | Ms Joyce Maru
• Biofort Crop variety technology diffusion & adoption | Ms Joyce Maru
• Becoming a skilled facillitator | Ms Joyce Maru
• Action plan including required support | Ms Joyce Maru
• Training Evaluation | Ms Joyce Maru
• Feedback from the Participants
• Award of Certificates

 

 Agribusiness Investment Scheme, AIS!!!

....In a bid to develop our Agriculture, a group of Professional Agrarians under the Cloud of Agriculture Graduates Association (AGAN) with the Core driver Alh. Hussaini Illyasu (State Coordinator) created the Agribusiness Investment Scheme (AIS). This arm-program is to handle all AGAN projects as a Business development Project, so as to ensure adequate, sustainable employments in Agriculture in Niger State!!

the family!!

Nothing beats the ideology of having or being part of a family. it grows above a "single" person to a complete "community". 

A community without a family is a doomed, underdeveloped and destroyed environment.

For every-time we waste on trivial activities avoiding the creation of a family, we destroy a piece of our future.

We build our future, because we, only we can decide the way/path to follow.

I pray for the safety of Nigerians in the doomed environment (South Africa), and that our decisions for our future is to build a nation of progressives not destroyed..

Thank You!!!

faruq f. (b.eng)
  

Zero Base Budgeting Training Workshop, 2016

....the Federal Ministry of Budget and National Planning, Budget Office of the Federation Organized a training on Zero Base Budgeting (ZBB) and Medium Term Sector Strategy (MTSS) for Planning and Budget Officers in all MDAs from 23rd - 25th August, 2016.

....the basic of the Medium Term Sector Strategy is about bringing out your priority projects that would yield outcomes and impacts.

....working with a group of professionals makes learning easier and quick

....the ZBB ensures that every budget is treated as new project, so as to check wastage and encourage adequate utilization of Federal Government Funds.

the SmartFarmer SF - Media Launch

Reports

....the SmartFarmer (SF) Project is a unit project of the NDE-REMIS Platform, a Platform with the aim of integrating all Agricultural & Rural Employment Programmes with modern Agricultural Information Systems....

....a Smart-Agent is utilized to acquire Agricultural Intelligence (AI) from farming communities, thereby bringing insight and visibility on Rural Employment Promotion and Agricultural development in the country...

....Hajiya Aisha IBB graced the occasion with good comments and contributions towards Rural Employment and promised to empower her Rural Women using the REMIS-Platform....

....the Representatives of the Minister of Labour, Minister of Agric & Rural Development, UNDP, IFAD, CTA, HarvestPlus, RegSilas, MDAs, Multipurpose Cooperative Societies and Organizations across the Agricultural Sector....

We are thankful to all those who had the patience and time to attend NDE-REMIS (SmartFarmer) Media launch...


Farouk F. (B.Eng Agric Engr)
REPO I
NDE-REMIS Admin

Aso-Villa Demo Day (AVDD) Exhibition

On Friday, 02 Sept., 2016; the Ag DG NDE, DSSE, Myself, Rakiya Omaki, and Nuru Ajana, were the team who attended the AVDD, Finalist Exhibition and Grants presentation to three (3) Winners (each presented with NGN 3million).

Amongst the 30 finalists remarkable start-up innovations were displayed during the exihibition, every with a good strategy of business survival and i often wondered where did all the talent come from, but i realize many work day and night.

The founder of facebook, Mark Zukerberg was marveled when all finalists were displayed, ideas mind-blowing and how young they were. it all came to one thing Nigeria is a Great Nation!!

  faruq f. (b.eng)