The government of Delta State has provided 145 young people with farm equipment, cassava stem, financial support, and other incentives in an effort to increase food production in the state.Infomation Guide Nigeria
When presenting the materials to the first group of 145 youths for the 2022 empowerment circle, Prof. Eric Eboh, the state’s Chief Job and Wealth Creation Officer, advised them to familiarise themselves with worldwide best practises in agriculture production.
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“This set of youths under brown YAGEP refers to youths who already have agricultural skills and own agricultural enterprises but are given refresher training in practical and managerial skills plus support packages to grow and sustain their existing enterprises
“We have 145 youths in this first batch. We have given cassava stems and financial support as start-up for them to run agricultural enterprises. We are targeting to train and empower over 800 youths in 2022.”Jamb Result
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Eboh said that Governor Ifeanyi Okowa’s Youth Agricultural Entrepreneurs Programme was a major initiative to generate employment and income.
Since 2015, he noted, the government has helped thousands of young people get started in agriculture-related fields such poultry farming, crop farming, pig farming, fish farming, agro-processing, and agribusiness.
Eboh stated that YAGEP had donated a wide variety of food items, including 3,084.40 metric tonnes of cassava roots, 2,298.46 metric tonnes of poultry, 72,280,767 eggs, and 6,682.91 metric tonnes of fish.