The West and Central African Council for Agricultural Research and Development (CORAF), National Agricultural Seed Council (NASC), and Partnership for Agricultural Research, Education and Development (PAIRED), has commenced training of Nigeria agric extension officers, seed producers, researchers and farmers on best practices for seed production in order to upscale food production and sustainability.
This is even as Senior Scaling Specialist, CORAF, Dr Caroline Makamto Sobgui, revealed that CORAF has provided over $100,000 as funding for four training programmes in Nigeria’s agricultural sector.
The Director General, NASC, Dr Philip Ojo, who was represented by his Senior Technical Adviser, Dr Folarin Okelola, in an opening remarks at the ‘Three-day Training on Quality Seed Production’ organised by CORAF on Monday in Abuja, said participants at the training should ensure the knowledge they will receive is also cascaded down to those farmers and seed producers in the communities where it is needed.
He said: “We look forward all the time to build capacity and that is why we are very happy in facilitating this training for CORAF, and we are happy with the relationship in CORAF, National Cereal Research Institute, NCRI, Institute of Agricultural Research, IAR, and we expect that there will be more of these trainings and this training will also be cascaded down to those people on your platforms, and we will continue to get feedbacks from you to support you in your endeavours to ensure that Nigerians have good quality seeds.