First Reality TV show on Agriculture to air in Nigeria

Some entertainers in Nigeria’s Nollywood and the music industries were on Friday excited about the soon-to-be-aired Agriculture Reality TV Show by the International Institute of Research (IITA) and Corporate Farmers International (CFIL).

Some of the actors, who spoke with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lagos, said the show would be a combination of entertainment, education and information. According to Rykardo Agbor, a popular actor in the movie “Strong Men at Work’’ fame, the show would be best known as “agrotainment’’ because there will be something exciting about agriculture to captivate the youth.
Mr. Agbor told NAN that with the synergy between the entertainers and the organizers of the programme, youths would see beyond agriculture as an act but understand the enormous benefits therein.
He said: “For people to learn, we must have some kind of incentives, something to excite them about what we are here for.
“As entertainers, through our little craft, we are trying to entertain, educate and inform youths that is what we call “agrotainment’
“That will really help to inform people about who produce what and where what is produced.
“So, as a farmer, what you need to do, where to access funds, what and how to preserve produce will be laid bare.