The Heart for Data and Know-how Growth (CITAD), in collaboration with ActionAid Nigeria, has carried out a 4-day agroecology coaching for farmers in Pasepa and Kuchibuyi communities, Bwari Space Council, FCT, on sensible abilities and data to undertake sustainable agriculture practices.
The coaching, held between June 17 and June 20, launched farmers to alternate options to chemical fertilizers and pesticides, selling sustainable agricultural practices that enhance crop high quality and safeguarding client well being.
Addressing reporters through the coaching yesterday, Sponsorship Officer at CITAD, Johnson Maichibi Musa, mentioned the target of the mission is to coach neighborhood members on agroecology.
He mentioned: “We perceive that native farming practices encourage extreme use of chemical substances, which have opposed results on individuals’s well being. The mission has recorded vital success, with some farmers reporting enhancements after making use of agroecological strategies.
“The coaching is an element of a bigger effort to advertise sustainable agriculture practices within the FCT. The mission has educated farmers in varied space councils, together with Kwali, Gwagwalada, AMAC and Bwari communities.
“The goals of the coaching are to facilitate a systemic understanding of agroecology amongst 200 farmers in Bwari Space Council of the FCT and to assist farmers perceive the best way to implement agroecological practices on their farmland.
“We additionally need to assist the farmers consider the impacts of their selections on the financial, social and environmental dimensions of the farm and to create consciousness on the probabilities and impacts of the set of agroecological practices obtainable. We may even guarantee farmers in FCT rural communities are linked to ADP and SWOFON.
“100 Farmers had been educated in Pasepa neighborhood from the seventeenth to 18tg June and 100 in Kuchibuyi from nineteenth to twentieth June, 2025. The coaching was profitable, with the neighborhood members soliciting that the coaching needs to be finished quarterly or twice in a yr for them to have the ability to grasp agroecology very nicely.”
Additionally talking, Agricultural Growth Challenge (ADP) facilitator, Abdullahi Baba, mentioned local weather change has significantly affected agricultural actions of farmers within the FCT, on account of a number of the actions of the farmers.
He mentioned the actions of the farmers on their very own farms, similar to deforestation and the usage of chemical fertilizers, have an effect on soil construction and fertility.
He mentioned: “The aim of this train is to coach farmers on agroecology as a result of agroecology is nothing however conventional farming. The coaching covers three key parts: enlightenment on non-usage of artificial fertilizers and chemical substances, advising on different means for enriching soil vitamins, and controlling bugs and pests with out chemical substances.
“We’re telling them to embrace the usage of native supplies similar to garlic and pepper as a substitute of dangerous chemical substances.” He additionally emphasised the significance of water conservation and natural livestock farming.
“On the primary day, we need to educate the farmers the significance of agroecology and what it’s all about.” The coaching may even cowl natural farming methods, including vitamins to soil with out compromising its construction, and controlling bugs and weeds with out chemical substances.”
A farmer and girl chief in Kuchibuyi,
Ruqqaya Yusuf, expressed appreciation to CITAD and ActionAid Nigeria for bringing the mission to their neighborhood.
“We are going to encourage our fellow girls to implement all the things they’re taught,” she mentioned.
On his half, Kuchibuyi neighborhood chairman, Abubakar Salisu Yakubu, additionally appreciated CITAD and ActionAid for the coaching, saying it is going to then enhance crop yields, preserve sources and construct resilience to local weather change.
“Among the issues they will educate us are fairly new to us. The mission has been instrumental in selling sustainable agriculture practices within the FCT.
“In line with the organizer agroecology is a essential method to addressing environmental, financial, and social challenges going through the agricultural sector. By adopting agroecological practices, farmers can enhance crop yields, preserve sources and construct resilience to local weather change,” he mentioned.
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