The International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) has trained the Value Chain Development Programme (VCDP) staff in Ogun on knowledge management and communication strategies.
The forum held in Abeokuta on Monday attracted the programme’s staff from participating local governments in the state.
Addressing the trainees, Vera Onyilo, the Knowledge Management and Communication (KMC) Advisor, said the objective of the training was to sensitise them on KMC strategies.
She stressed the need for members of staff to imbibe the culture of documentation using Information, Communication Technology (ICT).
Onyilo advised each component to give an account of their jobs with one another, saying this was to allow for easy access to information amongst participants.
“When we have access to information at the right time, this is when we can say knowledge has been transferred or managed effectively,” she said.
She enjoined all components to work to together as a team, adding that, “it’s the role of programme staff to document.’’
Some of the components at the training included Extension Agents, local government Liaison Officers, Monitoring and Evaluation Officers as well as Marketing and Business Development and Agricultural Processors.
The Project Coordinator of VCDP in Ogun, Samuel Adeogun, told trainees that there was a need to impact on targeted beneficiaries.
He contended that the programme, being a project of the state government, deserved clarity in reportage.
Adeogun advised all components to take advantage of the knowledge management training “so that everyone is clear on what to do.’’
Some of the trainees told NAN that the training afforded them the opportunity to handle their components more seriously while promising to put what they had learnt into use.
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