By Ovat Abeng
The Renewed Hope Initiative (RHI) Agricultural Support Programme is set to benefit over two hundred farmers including students across the 21 local government area of Anambra State.
The wife of the State governor and coordinator of the programme in the state, Dr Mrs Nonye Soludo, revealed this while speaking to Journalists shortly after the official launching of the training programme at the Anambra State Polytechnic Mbaukwu, on Thursday.
She said the initiative is designed to promote sustainable agricultural practices and strengthen food security and that at the end of the training, the successful ones will be empowered with funds.
She noted that the programme focuses on the following key initiatives—the Anambra State Women Agricultural Support Programme, the Youth Agricultural Support Programme and the Every Home a Garden Initiative.
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However, these initiatives will equip women and young farmers with essential resources to expand their agricultural ventures while contributing to local and national food production.
According to her, all states have been empowered to train and support women farmers, assist young farmers, encourage home gardening, and revitalize the Young Farmers initiatives nationwide.
“Here in Anambra State, over 200 farmers will be trained and supported in crop production, fishery, or poultry farming, among others.
“The training programme targets mostly young farmers to equipped them with skills in fishery, poultry production, baking, groundnut extraction etc.
“The Every Home a Garden Initiative is designed to encourage home food production and enhance food security. It will also encouraged every Nigerian to go into farming.”
Mrs Soludo emphasized further that the programme is a holistic approach to boosting agricultural productivity while ensuring food sustainability in Anambra State and beyond.
She urged them to extend the knowledge they will acquired during the training to others in their various communities and farm settlements.
It was gathered that the initiative is one of the Nigeria’s first lady, Mrs Oluremi Tinubu’s economic policy to empowered vulnerable Nigerians irrespective of tribe, ethic region and political affiliations.
