Implemented by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), in partnership with the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, the RFS Nigeria project ‘Integrated Landscape Management to Enhance Food Security and Ecosystem Resilience in Nigeria’ seeks to build resilient food systems in the northern part of the country. The project works with 70 communities across three agro-ecological zones to integrate sustainability and resilience-building into land use systems and natural resource management. From 24-26 July 2019, the RFS Nigeria team, in collaboration with the Women Farmers Advancement Network (WOFAN), held a Training of Trainers workshop in Abuja. The training focused on “Good Agricultural Practices” within rice and groundnut value chains and family nutrition. The workshop was attended by over 100 agricultural extension workers from Nassarawa and Benue States, as well as representatives from WOFAN and UNDP. The aim of the workshop was to equip extension workers with skills for improving yields and to stimulate their thinking on how to promote climate-smart agriculture. These new skills will be passed on to farmers at the community level with the ultimate aim of maximising groundnut and rice yields and improving food security. At the training, Mrs Udumma Nwokiki, from the Environment, Energy and Climate Change Unit of UNDP, highlighted UNDP’s desire to support states on implementing sustainable food practices in Nigeria. She was followed by Mrs Salamatu Garba, Founder of the Women Farmers Advancement Network (WOFAN), who expressed her hope that the Training of Trainers Workshop would give extension workers additional skills, such as referral training and innovative means for promoting climate-smart agriculture. She highlighted specifically groundnut value chains, explaining that, if farmers utilise Good Agricultural Practices, they could increase their yields from four tonnes per hectare to six tonnes. This would have major implications for both nutritional outcomes and household incomes for smallholder farmers.
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