{"id":1734,"date":"2026-04-18T13:55:40","date_gmt":"2026-04-18T12:55:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thecouragetimes.com\/inqxs\/?p=1734"},"modified":"2026-04-18T19:14:36","modified_gmt":"2026-04-18T18:14:36","slug":"ifad-life-nd-project-aligns-with-governor-ottis-agric-innovation-introduces-farm-chart-trains-staff-on-ai","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thecouragetimes.com\/inqxs\/2026\/04\/18\/ifad-life-nd-project-aligns-with-governor-ottis-agric-innovation-introduces-farm-chart-trains-staff-on-ai\/","title":{"rendered":"IFAD: LIFE-ND Project Aligns with Governor Otti&#8217;s Agric Innovation, Introduces Farm Chart, Trains Staff on AI"},"content":{"rendered":"<body>\n<p>The Abia Livelihood Improvement Family Enterprises Niger Delta Project, LIFE-ND on April 10, 2026, in Umuahia, built the capacity of staff, Local Government Desk Officers and other stakeholders on artificial intelligence, AI, to enhance office efficiency and increase food sufficiency in the state.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to the Abia LIFE-ND <a>Project Information and Communication Technologies Development<\/a>,\u00a0 ICT4D Expert, Mr Joshua Chinaemerem Chibueze, the objective of the training was not only to reduce office reporting challenges, but to also align with the\u00a0 Governor\u2019s Abia Agri-Dynamic Database System, Abia ADDS, promoted by the Commissioner for Agriculture, Dr Cliff Agbaeze,  digital innovation to track the activities of farmers in the state, speedily providing solutions to their challenges.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"930\" src=\"https:\/\/thecouragetimes.com\/inqxs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/IMG_6815-23-1024x930.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1736\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thecouragetimes.com\/inqxs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/IMG_6815-23-1024x930.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/thecouragetimes.com\/inqxs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/IMG_6815-23-900x818.jpg 900w, https:\/\/thecouragetimes.com\/inqxs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/IMG_6815-23-600x545.jpg 600w, https:\/\/thecouragetimes.com\/inqxs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/IMG_6815-23-768x698.jpg 768w, https:\/\/thecouragetimes.com\/inqxs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/IMG_6815-23-1536x1395.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/thecouragetimes.com\/inqxs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/IMG_6815-23-2048x1860.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"font-size:12px\">                          Joshua Chinaemerem Chibueze , Project Information and Communication Technologies Development<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Explaining the introduction of \u201cFarm Chart\u201d to journalists, the Mr Chibueze, said the innovation is capable of detecting major challenges in farming activities, including providing immediate solutions to crops and livestock diseases for increased production.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe Governor actually is one of the reasons behind the successes of this Project. We wouldn\u2019t have gone this far without his help. We appreciate him for his impact, electronically and digitally in Abia citizens\u201d, he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He said the capacity of participants were built on PowerPoint, Microsoft Word, Chat Generative Pre-trained Transformer, (ChatGPT), and other AI applications, but warned against total dependence on the tools.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"886\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/thecouragetimes.com\/inqxs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/IMG_6809-23-886x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1737\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thecouragetimes.com\/inqxs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/IMG_6809-23-886x1024.jpg 886w, https:\/\/thecouragetimes.com\/inqxs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/IMG_6809-23-779x900.jpg 779w, https:\/\/thecouragetimes.com\/inqxs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/IMG_6809-23-519x600.jpg 519w, https:\/\/thecouragetimes.com\/inqxs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/IMG_6809-23-768x888.jpg 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                                         Project Desk Officer, Ms Doris Chizobam Otti<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Another participant, the Project Desk Officer representing Osisioma Local Government Area, Ms Doris Chizobam Otti, said her capacity was majorly enhanced on \u201cprofessionally acceptable standards\u201d of reports, attachment of photos and transitions that add quality to the project.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>LIFE-ND Project is an IFAD-sponsored Project, an initiative of Federal Government, International Fund for Agricultural Development, IFAD, and Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, to mitigate increase in poverty, youth joblessness, while increasing sustainable income and food sufficiency in the Niger Delta region.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"517\" src=\"https:\/\/thecouragetimes.com\/inqxs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/IMG_6804-23-1024x517.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1741\" 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