FG to adopt digital technology for small scale farmers
The Federal Government has concluded plans to adopt technological tools for farmers across the country. Bukar Hassan, Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, who disclosed this during the presentation of smallholder value chains technology this week in Abuja, underscored the importance of extension services to small-scale farmers. Audu Ogbeh Minister of Agriculture He said: “If we want small-scale farmers to find their footing in the agriculture sector, we must provide farmers with extension services and the knowledge needed to evolve from subsistence to commercial farming. And I believe this technology would help us solve so many problems.” Pierre Sibery Traore, Director, Research and Development Digital Agriculture explained that the initiative is divided into two phases of agcelerant and phygital technology, noting that agcelerant is the value chain orchestration platform that helps link farmers to financial services. He said the ...