Kwara State University (KWASU), Malete, has organised a training programme for women farmers on how to mitigate the effects of climate change on agricultural practice.
The university also provided non- cash revolving facilities for the 90 women farmers that participated in the programme, held at the institution’s International Conference Centre in Ilorin, the state capital.
The institution organised the training programme in collaboration with Olayinka Yusuf of the Gender and Responsible Artificial Intelligence Network (GRAIN).
One of the resource persons at the training programme tagged, “Artificial Intelligence For Women In Agriculture (AI4WIA),” Dr Olatunji Yusuf of the Agricultural Economy Department of KWASU, said the university organised the programme to train the women farmers on artificial intelligence needed to mitigate the effects of climate change on agricultural production.
“Agriculture in Africa is rain- dependent and rain has become erratic because of change in weather. Therefore, there is the need for adequate planning to mitigate the effects of erratic rainfall due to climate change on agricultural production.
“This is the main reason why our university deemed it fit to inculcate artificial intelligence in our women farmers to enable them farm effectively. Our focus is on women farmers because of the role they play in the family and community,” Yusuf explained.
