Sept. 10, 2025
The Nigeria National Petroleum Company Foundation, the Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) arm of NNPC Ltd. has extended its Vulnerable Farmers Training Programme to Northern Nigeria, marking the second phase of the initiative.
The programme according to the company in a statement by its spokesperson, Andy Odeh on Wednesday, is designed to equip farmers with modern agricultural techniques, covering areas such as climate-smart farming, organic fertilisation, post-harvest loss reduction, and enhanced market access strategies.
It would be recalled that the first phase of the programme, held across the Southern region (South-East, South-South, and South-West), empowered over 4,000 farmers with modern agricultural practices and market-access strategies, recording significant success.
This second phase will cover North East, North West, and North Central geopolitical zones, with training sessions scheduled to hold in six designated States across the three zones, and one in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Abuja.
Highlighting the importance of the programme during the official flag-off of the first phase at Nsukka, Enugu State, Managing Director of NNPC Foundation, Mrs. Emmanuella Arukwe, said the initiative aligns with the Federal Government’s agricultural transformation agenda, which seeks to boost food security, increase productivity and improve the livelihoods of smallholder farmers across the country.
She emphasized that the goal of the training is to equip participants with the tools, knowledge, and resources required to move from subsistence farming to sustainable, commercial-scale agricultural production.
