Two researchers from the University of Ilorin, Prof. Joshua Olaoye and Dr. Musliu Sunmonu, have won a grant of over N700m from Innovate UK for the 2022/2023 Africa AgriFood Knowledge Transfer Partnership (AAKTP).

The award was granted in partnership with De Montfort University, UK, and Microscale Embedded Limited, Abuja.

The grant will be used to train and coordinate farmers and build software that will enable them to access farm processes conveniently.

The project is focused on mitigating agricultural loss and putting all stakeholders within the agricultural value chain of multiple crops on the same page.

The project is also aimed at enhancing the potential of farmers and will involve training over 150 trainees, including farmers, processors, and marketers.

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