BIFE TO CREATE JOBS THROUGH AGRICULTURE

In a bid to facilitate the government’s efforts to diversify the country’s economy from being sole oil dependent type to a more reliable, agriculture based type, Agric House Ventures has established Basanyin Integrated Farm Estate (BIFE).

BIFE hosts an Agric Academy, which would help train and empower youth in farming, agric tourism, aquaculture, poultry farming, crop farming and animal husbandry. The Agric Academy, which was established in 2013, responds to the need to reverse the negligence in the agricultural sector and the unemployment crises in the country.

According to the initiator of the Academy Mr. David Kayode, it aims to partner with the current administration in its effort to create five million jobs annually through agricultural diversification. He added that the Academy is expected to form a network of farmers across the nation to meet the food needs of the nation and produce financially independent and self sustaining farmers.

Kayode said that BIFE has great potentials to grow, manage, process and provide markets for various crops and livestock products to meet the food needs of Nigeria and create hundreds of jobs for the populace. The project is located on about 300 hectares of land endowed with a massive water body that can help irrigation farming throughout the year when excavated .

He also disclosed  that four major high yielding crops; cassava, maize, soya beans and vegetables are to be extensively cultivated and integrated with fisheries and other livestock towards meeting the increased demand for agricultural produce for both domestic consumption and export, and to ensure end to end support for agro processors. The project is expected to open new opportunities for exporting organic farm produce and create 700 direct jobs.

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