Tuesday, 22nd June 2021: In fulfillment of part of its mandates, the Federal College of Animal Health & Production Technology, (FCAH&PT), Moor Plantation Ibadan would on Thursday, June 24th 2021 inaugurate Young Farmers Club at the United Missionary Comprehensive College, (UMCC), Molete, Ibadan, Oyo state.

According to a statement from the College, the Provost/Chief Executive Officer of the Federal College of Animal Health & Production Technology, Ibadan, Dr Adekoya Olatunde Owosibo, is expected to perform the inauguration.

The aim of the inauguration of the Young Farmers Club is to stimulate the interest of the students in agriculture and  to make them realise that agriculture is a business they can venture into and be comfortable in it without regret.

During the event, students of the UMCC would be educated on the importance of the study of agriculture and  the  need to chose it as a profession. They would be exposed to several aspects of agriculture including agribusiness.

Meanwhile, the Director of Extension Services, Federal College of Animal Health and Production Technology Ibadan, Dr Grace Oyinlola Alonge, has been explaining the importance of the adoption of schools to educate the students and teachers about what extension services stands for and the importance of according agriculture the pride of place in the nation’s secondary schools.

Dr Alonge explained that under the Agricultural Research Outreach Centres’ programme, they have schools and villages that have been adopted for regular visit to create awareness and among the students concerning the activities of the College and agricultural extension programmes.

She said the challenges of the Agricultural Research system in Nigeria necessitated the Agricultural Research Council of Nigeria, (ARCN), to setup the Agricultural Research Outreach centres, (AROC).

Dr Alonge explained that the National Agricultural Research Institutes, (NARIs), and the Federal Colleges of Agriculture, (FCAs) under the ARCN are the vehicles through which AROC activities of interacting and developing technologies that meet the needs of the Farmers in their various Agro-climatic conditions are achieved.

Recall that on June 10, 2021, the College had during the extension services team visited to two science schools in Ibadan, inaugurated the Young Farmers Club at the Wesley College, Elekuro, as part of the activities of catching them young for the development of  agriculture in Nigeria..