Smart IoT Rural Agricultural Innovations for Food Security through Digital Technology Transfer: Agro-Industrial Sector Reform

Abstract

The goal of the Green Imperative programme is to use innovative Brazilian technology to mechanize agriculture, elevate farming among Nigerian rural residents, increase food security, and make farming a satisfactory occupation. The linking of Nigeria's agricultural value chain through an investment program established by the governments of Brazil and Nigeria is the country's option for improving the general agricultural innovations in the rural settlements. The Green Imperative is a south-south triangular cooperation initiative with long-term goals for food security, and is supported by the governments of Brazil and Nigeria through their respective Ministries of Foreign Affairs. The Green Imperative offers a macroeconomic strategy for generating sustainable economic growth, with a focus on investments, job creation, technology transfer and digital skills among farmers. The difficulties of the agricultural sub-sector's integration into international networks demonstrates how African countries struggle to get cutting-edge technologies and agro-innovation packages. The IoT smart technology and multi-stakeholder engagements are necessary for the growth of the green economy in order to speed up and solidify changes in consumption and agro production patterns. Implementing IoT Smart technologies for sustainable rural agriculture is a cutting-edge and innovative strategy to assist farmers, extension services, agribusiness, and policymakers in understanding innovative solutions to technology-driven food security. This study, employed survey technique, featured a sample size of 400 farmers from an extension block of the Agricultural Development Project in the Selected States of Jigawa, Katsina and Kano State in the North-Western Nigeria. In the study, IoT smart technology connectivity along the agricultural value chain will make it easier to precisely price goods, better position them on the market, and manage production better. The paper came to the conclusion that agricultural research and investment will have a significant impact on the growth of the food supply in Nigeria and Africa due to technological advancements, and that will be essential for ensuring future food security and sustainable food production through smart IoT farm management.