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Nigeria: SIFTAS project strengthens farm institutions with Sasakawa and GIZ

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Nigeria: SIFTAS project strengthens farm institutions with Sasakawa and GIZIllustrative image · Victor Chijioke · Pexels · Licence Pexels

The SIFTAS project, run by Sasakawa Africa Association with Germany’s GIZ, aims to sustain agricultural innovations in Nigeria beyond project funding. At its closing workshop, actors in agricultural education, research and training took stock, according to Tribune Online.

The SIFTAS project, implemented by Sasakawa Africa Association (SAA) with the German development agency GIZ, aimed to strengthen the institutions that develop, teach and disseminate agricultural innovations in Nigeria, so that these innovations survive the end of funding, according to Tribune Online. The project fell under GIZ’s AgSys programme, devoted to sustainable agricultural systems and agricultural policies.

At the closing workshop, actors in agricultural education, research, training and extension stressed that lasting transformation requires institutions capable of maintaining innovations after partners leave. For Alexis Brakhan, GIZ-AgSys project manager, this approach is part of the German strategy: the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) considers that raising productivity is not enough in the face of food insecurity, climate change and environmental degradation.

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