Toscad News Mrs Kikelomo Chibeze, the Project Manager, VET-Toolbox, has said that the organisation alongside with Julius Berger Plc would orgnise pilot training programmes for 1,000 cashew farmers in the country.
Chibeze said this at a news conference on Wednesday in Abuja, adding that the beneficiaries would be trained with the sole aim of the growth of the sector.
She said that the training would also include factory workers to tackle some of the challenges bedeviling local processing industry of the Raw Cashew Nut (RCN).
The project manager listed some of the challenges facing the sector to include low RCN quality, weak market and supply chain linkages and an unfavourable policy environment.
Chibeze said they would receive skill training programmes tailored towards building their capacity needs and business development opportunities in the sector.
She said that with direct farmer linkage programs, almost 16,000 farmers could benefit from the incremental income of more than 1.4 million U.S. dollars within the period.
Source: nannews
Edited by: Ngozi Anna Akunne
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