The Ministry of Agriculture has inaugurated regional offices and hostels for the Agricultural and Rural Management Training Institute (ARMTI) in Abuja.
This was confirmed in a statement signed by the Chief Information Officer of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, Ezeaja Ikemefuna.
The Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Dr. Mohammad Abubakar, noted that the infrastructure will fast-track agricultural techniques, boost production and generate foreign exchange by providing requisite training for stakeholders in the agricultural sector.
The minister said the Institute would help the ministry in achieving its mandate to ensure food security in crops, livestock, and fisheries.
He stressed that the workspace facilitators institute would be provided with a workspace that has the ambiance required to infuse knowledge in the participants.
Abubakar maintained that the institute had been building fast-growing networks and affiliations with local international agencies in the area of capacity building in agriculture and rural development.
He said organizations’ signed Memoranda of Understanding (MOU) with organizations such as the Washington State Univ Commonwealth capacity building in Organic agriculture are a commonwealth of learning.
Abubakar disclosed that there was a need to build more mutually benefiting networks and grow with capacity-buildings in the agricultural and rural management capacity-building sub-sector.
He lauded the management of the institute for its development and empowerment of thousands of smallholder farmers as well as other actors along agricultural commodity value chains.
However, The minister advised the management of the Institute to ensure regular and consistent maintenance of the facility for its sustainability.
The Executive Director, ARMTI, Dr. Olufemi Oladunni also noted that the development of the RTC of the institute is done in phases.
He said, ” The Abuja RTC was very strategic in the pursuit of the institute’s mandate.’
Adding that, ” Given its location in the heart of FCT and direct connection to the rest of the world, a very good number of our partner program laboratories in the sector prefer Abuja RTC for their programs,”
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