The Federal Government has commenced the training of 4,000 tractor operators under its national agricultural mechanisation project as part of efforts to strengthen food security and build the skilled workforce required to drive large-scale modern farming across the country.
The development was disclosed in a statement issued by AGCOMS International Trading Limited on Monday, which said the nationwide training programme is being coordinated by the Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Food Security through the National Agricultural Development Fund in partnership with AGCOMS International Trading Limited and the Industrial Training Fund.
“The Federal Government has commenced the training programme for 4,000 tractor operators under its national agricultural mechanisation project, with private-sector technical partner AGCOMS International Trading Limited playing a central role in preparing the skilled workforce that will power one of the country’s most ambitious agricultural modernisation programmes,” the statement read.
According to the statement, the first batch of 250 trainees began a two-week residential training programme on Monday at CSS Farms in Nasarawa State. They are the first of the 4,000 operators expected to be trained nationwide to operate and maintain modern John Deere tractors and other agricultural implements under the Federal Government’s mechanisation programme.
