Taraba VCDP/IFAD Train Women On Garri Processing | Tellwell Newspaper
Tellwell Newspaper, Abuja – Nigeria:
From Godwin Agia, Jalingo
Food sufficiency drive in Taraba State gained a boost last Thursday when FG/IFAD-assisted
Value Chain Development (VCDP) trained women farmers on garri processing in the state.
The training was conducted through an organization, FOJIBAJEN WOMEN CASAVA PROCESSOR.
Irimiya Musa, the State Program Coordinator, represented by Mrs. Altine James, explained at the event in Wukari that the women cassava farmers were drawn from three local government areas of Jalingo, Bali and Donga.
She said the state VCDP conducted the training to train the women on transforming knowledge to practice for more value development.
“The VCDP is passionate for the initiative due to its life changing value that would be generated after the training,” she said, calling on the trainees to take the training serious.
“You must all have interest, passion and human relations and mentain quality to actualize your business dreams”, Altine advised.
Ezekiel Mamai Ambo, the Agricultural Processing and Quality Enhancement Officer, urged the trainees to ensure proper hygiene and ensure NAFDAC registration when practicing their businesses to avoid societal health implications.
In her remarks, the founder of FOJIBAJEN WOMEN CASAVA PROCESSOR, Mrs. Watsaji Angye, commended Taraba VCDP for its passion to changing the lives of cassava women farmers in the state.
In their comments, the team leader for Bali LGA, Dorothy Peter, David Jibo Maigida for Donga LGA and Mrs. Deborah Wilson for Jalingo LGA both expressed willing to ensure that the training was put to practice to grow their businesses.
