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Moderated conference on rural advisory services for family farms: 1-18 December 2014

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Wed, 3 Dec 2014 13:07:33 +0100
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I am Abdulmojeed Yakubu of the Department of Animal Science, Nasarawa State University, Keffi, Shabu-Lafia Campus, Lafia, Nigeria. Permit me to state the following as regards the current gaps in rural advisory services for smallholder family farms in Nigeria:

 

1. Most farmers have little information on how to get subsidized inputs.



2. The subsistence farmers have little information on the best management practices to increase productivity. Most scholars and policy makers only get to the farmers when they need information for research and planning purposes.



3. The aspect of processing and preservation is also not well captured. This important aspect is often overlooked by extension workers because they see it as being tedious.



4. Most of the farmers are also not well equipped as regards marketing strategies. They do not know when to sell, or not to sell, their products to maximize profit.



5. I think the farmers need to equally comprehend the value chain systems.

 

Abdulmojeed Yakubu,

Senior Lecturer of Animal Breeding and Genetics,

Department of Animal Science,

Nasarawa State University, Keffi,

Shabu-Lafia Campus, P.M.B. 135, 950101, Lafia,

Nasarawa State, 

Nigeria.

Mobile no. +2348065644748

Email: abdulmojyak (at) gmail.com; abdul_mojeedy (at) yahoo.com

 

[Thanks to Abdulmojeed for responding directly to Question 4.2 of the conference background document, i.e.

"4.2 What are the current gaps in rural advisory services for smallholder family farms? 

Based on your experiences, what are the kinds of rural advisory services that different types of family farms require but which are currently missing? If possible, provide specific examples of these kinds of gaps in your country or region"...Moderator].



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