This is the profile page of National Centre For Agricultural Mechanisation, Ilorin on Manpower Nigeria. This page contains the email, contact phone number, address, website and other contact information of National Centre For Agricultural Mechanisation, Ilorin.
National Centre For Agricultural Mechanisation mechanize Nigeria’s agriculture by developing simple need-based technology that reduces drudgery, increase farm productivity and improves farmers’ efficiency and their income. The mandate is achieved by carrying out the following specific functions:
- Encourage and engage in adaptive and innovative research towards the development of indigenous machines for farming and processing techniques;
- Design and develop simple and low-cost equipment which can be manufactured with local materials, skills and facilities;
- Standardize and certify, in collaboration with the Standards Organization of Nigeria (SON), agricultural machines, equipment and engineering practices in use in Nigeria;
- Bring into focus mechanical technologies and equipment developed by various institutions, agencies or bodies and evaluate their suitability for adoption;
- Assist in the commercialization of proven machines, equipment, tools and techniques;
- Disseminate information on methods and programmes for achieving speedy agricultural mechanization;
- Provide training facilities by organizing course and seminars specially designed to ensure sufficient trained manpower for appropriate mechanization;
- Promote cooperation in agricultural mechanization with similar institutions in and outside Nigeria and the international bodies, connected with agricultural mechanization.
