A subsidiary of ECOM Agrotrade Limited, Armajaro Nigeria Limited, introduces “Village Resource Centres” (VRC) program in Ekiti, Ondo and Oyo states, to improve life quality of farming communities through community infrastructure.
ECOM Agrotrade Limited said in a statement that some centres had been introduced in schools without access to IT facilities and also to complement the existing ones.
The project has been activated in AUD Grammar School, Ikole Ekiti; Akinluse High School, Ise Ekiti; Orija High School, Emure Ekiti; Ekamarun Anglican Grammar School, Ifon, Ondo State; Word of Faith College, Arimogija, Ondo, and Oyo State School of Science, Idere, Oyo.
The statement by Armajaro Nigeria Limited (ANL) read:
“The application of Information and Communications Technology in agriculture is getting increasingly important. Ever since people have been growing crops, farmers have sought information from one another but updated information that allows the farmers to cope with and even benefit from changes in conditions of farming is still missing.Providing this knowledge can be challenging, therefore, the recent improvement in information channelling in villages for example through the provision of the Village Resource Centre, has helped in facing some of these challenges”.
The ANL stressed that one of the objectives of the project is to generate advisories on agriculture, land and water management to better utilise the available resources and to mitigate the negative impacts.
“Village Resource Centre will assist in ensuring greater access to information on land,water, soil etc so as to educate and empower the local communities for greater conservation and sustainable utilisation of these resources,” the statement notes.
According to the organization’s claims, the accessibility to information will improve the capability of the rural communities for better development planning and ensure equitable bargaining power in a skewed social system.
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