{
  "id": 15761310,
  "title": "Tutors in agric colleges equipped in digital farming to drive agriculture transformation",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/20/tutors-in-agric-colleges-equipped-in-digital-farming-to-drive",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-20T15:51:55.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "MyJoyOnline Ghana",
    "slug": "myjoyonline-ghana",
    "url": "https://www.myjoyonline.com/tutors-in-agric-colleges-equipped-in-digital-farming-to-drive-agriculture-transformation/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Five agricultural colleges in Ghana are investing in upgrading their faculty's digital farming skills through a training program, aiming to advance agricultural education and prepare students for the modern sector. The Digital Agriculture Training Programme, supported by the World Food Programme (WFP) and KOICA, will equip lecturers from Kwadaso, Wenchi, Ejura, Damongo, and Ohawu Agricultural Colleges with hands-on experience in drone technology, precision farming, and agricultural data analysis. The four-week training, running from October 11 to November 14, will focus on precision farming, drone operations, IoT technologies, soil and moisture monitoring, and agricultural data analysis. The program's objective is to bridge the digital skills gap in agriculture by enabling teachers to incorporate cutting-edge technology into their teaching methods. Following a needs assessment across the colleges, the initiative has also received over US$500,000 worth of digital agriculture equipment, such as drones, soil testers, weather stations, GPS devices, and agricultural software. Kyoreh Yoo, a policy officer at WFP Ghana, emphasized that the training would allow teachers to deliver practical, high-quality instruction, ultimately producing students equipped with the skills necessary to apply modern technologies in agriculture and contribute to the sector's transformation.",
  "summary": "Five agricultural colleges in Ghana are stepping up efforts to transform agricultural education, with lecturers receiving hands-on training in drone technology and precision farming.",
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}