The African Plant Nutrition Institute ( APNI ) , a Maroc non - profit research and developing organization , signed a Memorandum of Understanding ( MOU ) with METFPA ( Ministère de l’Enseignement Technique , de la Formation Professionelle et de l’Apprentissage ) of Côte d’Ivoire to promote sustainable agribusiness , overhaul agricultural instruction and build the capacitance of institutions cover to METFPA .
The Minister of Technical Education , Vocational Training , and Apprenticeship , His Excellency Dr. N’Guessan Koffi , and Dr. Kaushik Majumdar , APNI Director General , formalized a partnership framework agreement with commitments to lead to long - term improvements in the living conditions of rural Côte d’Ivoire populations .
This collaborationism focuses on several fundamental areas , let in providing proficient support to Agricultural Vocational High Schools , Technical High Schools , and Farm Fields Schools of METFPA . It aims to revise and co - develop curriculum while building mental ability in highly needed areas . Additionally , it involve organizing workshop focused on plant nutrition and creating educational modules to support the reform-minded development within the framework of the new programme .
Dr. Kaushik Majumdar sign the MOU with the Minister , Mr. N’Guessan KOFFI , and Mr. N’Goran KOUAKOU Jean - Arnaud , Deputy Cabinet Director of the Ministry of Technical Education , Vocational Training and Apprenticeship .
" With APNI , we are starting a genuine agrarian revolution . prison term for the result to be seen on the area . Together , let ’s fight nutrient shortages by cultivating all twelvemonth round . This partnership makes it possible . " said His Excellency Dr. N’Guessan Koffi , METFPA Minister .
His Excellency Dr. Koffi N’Guessan envisions prosperous rural community with reduced donkeywork in agricultural practices and increased sustenance opportunities as a nerve tract to slenderize poverty and rural migration .
" At the center of this give-and-take is the education of the youth to make electrical capacity for entrepreneurship in modernize USDA and service deliverance to farmers . This will tolerate the adoption of digital and advanced technologies for enhanced crop productivity and admittance to mart . Applying best practice in unlike aspects of crop management ( ejaculate , water , food , pestilence , and disease management , etc . ) to ameliorate estate productivity and farm lucrativeness under a change climate and bringing entrepreneurial chance through enhanced value chains are central interventions need for transformational changes , " explained Dr. Majumdar .
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