FG Embarks On Training Agricultural Extension Workers For Improved Service Delivery

The Federal Government, through the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, has started training Agricultural Extension Workers in Kano so they can better serve farmers by advising them on production techniques and providing them with technical assistance.

Eko Hot Blog reports that Dr. Muhammad Mahmood Abubakar, the minister of agriculture, stated during the opening ceremony that the training was part of the ministry’s commitment to capacity building for the delivery of effective and efficient agricultural extension and advisory services in Nigeria using internationally recognized approaches and platforms.

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Represented by the Kano State Director of the Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, Alh. Abba Gana Yamani, the minister said the ministry, in its mission to train 75, 000 extension workers across the country, is focusing on building the capacity of youth and existing practitioners in the agricultural extension delivery system.

“It is the desire of the president of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, the Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, and let me add, every Nigerian to see that our agricultural extension delivery system meets global competitiveness to ensure we have adequate food for our population and some to augment our foreign earnings. Therefore, I urge you to consider this training very important,” he said.

On his part, the Director of the Federal Department Extension of Agricultural Extension, Engr. Frank Satumari Kudla, said that factors causing the decline in the national agricultural extension delivery system include the decreasing number of Extension Agents caused by retirements, deaths, and non-replacements.

He also said youth unwillingness to embrace agricultural entrepreneurship, the poor capacity of existing extension agents to deliver due to lack or low quality of training, and the general poor funding of the sub-sector have also contributed to the menace.

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The Managing Director of Kano Agricultural and Rural Development Authority (KNARDA), Dr Junaidu Yakubu, appreciated the federal government for the training, adding that it will be extended to other extension workers in the state for effective delivery.

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