The Kwara State Government has commenced the training of agricultural extension agents and selected farmers on climate-smart agricultural practices in a renewed effort to improve agricultural productivity, strengthen food security and build farmers’ resilience to the effects of climate change across the state.
The initiative was disclosed in a statement issued on Wednesday by the spokesperson of the Kwara State Agro-Climatic Resilience in Semi-Arid Landscapes Project, Okanlawon Taiwo, in Ilorin.
The statement said the exercise was being implemented in collaboration with the National Agricultural Extension and Research Liaison Services, Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, and the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture, Ibadan.
According to the statement, the training was preceded by a one-day technical meeting between officials of NAERLS, IITA and the KWACReSAL State Project Management Unit to review implementation strategies and fine-tune plans for the rollout of climate-smart agriculture interventions across the project’s three catchment areas.
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