Women, youths for climate smart agri training

Minister of Agriculture Zulfikar Mustapha (second from left) with Canadian High Commissioner, Mark Berman (second from right) at the event. (Ministry of Agriculture photo)

Youths and women will soon benefit from training in specialised agricultural skills under a collaboration between the National Agriculture Research and Extension Institute (NAREI) and a non profit organisation out of Canada.

The Ministry of Agriculture in a release on Wednesday stated that NAREI had signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the World University Service of Canada (WUSC) that will see youths and women benefiting from training in climate-smart agricultural practices.