The International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA), through its Youth Agripreneur Support (YAS) project, has donated essential farm inputs and machinery to young farmers in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT).
This initiative, backed by the Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands in Nigeria, benefited 135 farmers previously trained in key sectors like aquaculture, poultry, and horticulture.
The distributed items included 148 bags of fish feed, fingerlings, collapsible tarpaulin ponds, fish smoking kilns, broiler starter feed, full irrigation kits for horticultural crops, 2,000-capacity water tanks, fertilizers, and chicken pluckers.
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The YAS project, designed to address youth unemployment, aims to empower young agripreneurs by providing resources that foster self-employment in agriculture. Ms. Aline Mugisho, CEO of IITA Youth in Agribusiness Office, emphasized that the support builds on prior training and mentoring to help farmers scale their businesses.
“This programme is not just about words, but tangible resources to help young people succeed,” she noted, stressing the goal of creating a new generation of agripreneurs who can meet Nigeria’s growing food demand using advanced technology.
Beneficiaries shared their experiences, with Ogechi Felicia highlighting how the training expanded her knowledge of fish farming and helped grow her business. Similarly, Sadiya Usman and Umar Farouk Ali praised the programme for equipping them with vital skills in poultry and fish farming, boosting productivity and business prospects.
The project aims to train 10,000 youths in various agricultural value chains across Nigeria.
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