The National Agricultural Lands Development Authority (NALDA) yesterday handed out travel documents to 200 young farmers to proceed on a capacity-building trip on crop production and animal husbandry in Israel and Morocco. THIS DAY reports.

The Executive Secretary of NALDA, Prince Paul Ikonne, at the ceremony, said the gesture was a continuation of the National Young Farmers Scheme (NYFS) which was recently inaugurated by President Muhammadu Buhari. Information Guide Nigeria

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He said the capacity-building initiative was aimed at making agriculture more attractive to the youths, adding that it will also expose and equip them with modern agriculture and agribusiness practices. jamb results

This,  Ikonne said, would hopefully lead to massive food production to meet domestic consumption as well as for export.

Buhari, had during the inauguration of the NYFS, directed the authority to ensure the youths are actively involved in food production.

The scheme targeted 1,000 farmers from each of the 774 Local Government Areas, to create 774,000 direct employment annually.

Ikonne pointed out that the scheme contributed in saving Nigeria from a major food shortage during the COVID-19 pandemic,  adding that the country would have gone cap in hand begging other countries for food.