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FG Flags Off NAVSA Programme In University Of Ibadan

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The National Information Technology Development Agency, NITDA has commenced the training of 75 farmers that are to be absorbed on the National Adopted Village for Smart Agriculture platform.

The five days training which is holding at the University of Ibadan, Oyo State is aimed at improving the production and the productivity of every NITDA-adopted farmer on the NAVSA platform and also increasing their incomes.

NITDA Director General, Kashifu Inuwa, who was represented by the team lead and Assistant Director, Digital Economy Development Director, Dr. Ayodele Bakare in his opening remarks disclosed that the project is designed to help the farmers raise the efficiency, effectiveness, and profitability of their farm businesses through the adoption of digital technologies.

He stated that the adoption of technologies in agricultural practices has really helped in food sustainability, especially the developed countries adding that for Nigeria to also achieve the same feat, it must adopt technologies in all the agricultural value chain.

“For us to be successful, this programme is going to be implemented in two folds. One, we are going to be providing you with training on the application of digital technologies in the enablement of the value chain in agriculture and two, we are going to be implementing a smart farm that includes smart brooding, smart irrigation, use of drones for area mapping and the provision of digital platform to effectively manage the smart farm.”

He added that the essence of the training is for the beneficiaries to be able to manage their smart farms and become self-reliant and self-employed.

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While advising the beneficiaries to take the training seriously because NITDA and the University have put tremendous efforts into the project, he called on the institution to consider expanding the scope beyond what NITDA has originally created it for and to ensure its sustainability so it can continue to achieve its goals and objectives.

The Vice Chancellor of the School, Prof. Kayode Adebowale who was represented by Prof. Oladepo Okhare, expressed delight over the project and commended NITDA for finding the University worthy of the programme.

He maintained that the world has become a global village where the adoption of Information Technology in agricultural practices would not only guarantee access to information but increase the potential of farmers.

“Smart farming is proliferating globally and in Nigeria, we are about to start. The potentials are here, and I would have loved to see more students here than we have seen today.

“I think after this programme, there is a need to extend it to the other departments like Engineering, just like you have done to Computer Science. There is a need for integration, optimisation, and synthesis of knowledge,” he said.

While admitting that the new curriculum for university education should include entrepreneurial contexts, the Vice Chancellor commended NITDA for being proactive in working in that direction already by collaborating with tertiary institutions in building the human capacity and promoting entrepreneurial skills of the students.

“We need to have a lot of collaboration and as we had done in the past but either from your side or our side, we are sometimes stagnant and I think the bond can still be strengthened, our students are ready to work and it is about the future,” he alluded.

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Earlier, the representative of the Dean, Faculty of Agriculture, Prof. Oladeji Oyinlola, applauded the position of NITDA to collaborate with the University describing it as a welcome development.

“Collaboration has been the position of the university since its inception, and in this regard, it is so novel because developed countries of the world now employ the use of Information Technology to enhance food security,” he said.

“NITDA is, therefore, providing a real privilege for the university on a platter of gold. NITDA, in its quest to intervene in the agricultural development of the nation recently introduced NAVSA. This digitally artificial project is conceived to facilitate the development of agricultural enterprises,” he added.

While accepting that the programme would go a long way in exposing the students to the modern trends in agricultural practice, especially in the use of information and computer technology for agriculture, Prof. Oyinlola also noted that the programme provided for the beneficiaries, smart devices, seed funding, capacity building in four different enterprises, among others.

He listed other components the programme provides to include the provision of connectivity to the beneficiaries, access to NAVSA platform facilitation, financial inclusion through the digital wallets on the NAVSA platform, provision of insurance and E-extension services, and provision of smart demo farm, that is, smart irrigation and brooding system.

It also includes a borehole that has already been donated for the project at the University satellite farm in Ile-Ogbo, installation of a smart irrigation system by NITDA, a 500-litre water tank, one Horsepower surface water pump, and solar inverter installed to utilize the small irrigation system.

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He appreciated the Honourable Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Prof. Isa Ali Ibrahim Pantami, and the NITDA’s Director General, Kashifu Inuwa, for approving the school as a beneficiary of the programme.

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