The Alliance for Green Revolution in Africa (AGRA) and Value Seed are set to train and empower 50,000 women and youth under the Gender Consortium project. The Gender Consortium which is an initiative of AGRA and jointly implemented with Value Seed is a 3-year project which is targeted to touch the lives of smallholder women and youth farmers. In an interview with the AGRA Project Lead at Value Seed, Idoko Gabriel during a sensitization exercise on the project, he said in the Gender Consortium project, Value Seeds will train the women in different capacities like seeds production. “I think from there, Value Seeds has become very prominent in the state. He was responding to the warning from the central government to civil servants to stay off politics…AGRA, Value Seed to train, empower 50,000 women, youth on yield increase

Source: Nigerian Tribune June 08, 2022 18:35 UTC