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2. Introduction
The activities of West Africa Agricultural Productivity
programme (WAAPP-Nigeria) was introduced into our
Adopted Villages and Schools following the workshop
organized for Executive Directors, Provosts and
Coordinators of Adopted Villages from various Federal
Research Institutes and Colleges of Agriculture under
Agricultural Research Council of Nigeria (ARCN) in
August, 2012.
3. Manpower Development and Skill Acquisition.
About 300 participants attended the workshop organized
for fishers in creating awareness and sensitization on
Aquaculture. At the end of the workshop a group of
twenty (20) fishermen including the Bulama of Sabo
Daba Mile 3 village Baga as contained in the picture
below registered and has completed a certificate course
of our College Certificate Programme in Fisheries
Technology this year.
Interest has been generated; the whole of Baga area is
not known for Aquaculture but Artisanal fisheries,
however today…….
6. Instructions on Agricultural Science Subject
to Adopted Schools
Also the two secondary schools, Government Secondary
School (GSS) Kukawa and Government Girls’ Secondary
School (GGSS) Baga our Adopted Schools, has been
reported to us in the College that the students had
remarkable improvements in passing their Agricultural
Sciences subject at credit levels following the instructions
we put in place to the students on regular basis. They
now prefer Agric Sc. to Home Economics. See photos
below.
15. Conclusion
The Provost has trained one the Adopted Village
desk officer, Adah Philip in feed formulation at
NIFFR
This programme has just started and has the
potentials to do very well in achieving the set
objectives.
