The Academy in practice

What our programmes actually look like

We teach what we operate, so the photographs here are of our own facilities, equipment and cohorts rather than stock imagery. Every participant pictured has agreed to appear.

The training venue at CSS Farms, Gora — The training venue at CSS Farms, GoraCSS Farms at Gora, on the Abuja-Keffi expressway in Nasarawa State: the venue for the August 2026 Mechanisation Service Providers programme run with the National Agricultural Development Fund.MSP training, August 2026 · CSS Farms, Gora, Nasarawa State

Six practical groups, six tractors — Six practical groups, six tractorsOperators split into small groups around the John Deere 5E fleet at CSS Farms. Machine time per trainee is what makes an operator programme work at scale: six groups, six tractors, nobody waiting at the back of a classroom.MSP training, August 2026 · CSS Farms, Gora, Nasarawa State

Mechanisation Service Providers training, CSS Farms — Mechanisation Service Providers training, CSS FarmsThe programme board at CSS Farms, Gora: a ten-day practical Mechanisation Service Providers programme on the John Deere 5E Series, run 3-13 August 2026 with the National Agricultural Development Fund.MSP training, August 2026 · CSS Farms, Gora, Nasarawa State

The cohort and the fleet — The cohort and the fleetTrainees, instructors and the John Deere 5E tractors at CSS Farms, Gora, Nasarawa State: part of the programme, delivered with the National Agricultural Development Fund and the Industrial Training Fund, to train 4,000 tractor operators ahead of the deployment of 2,000 tractors.MSP training, August 2026 · CSS Farms, Gora, Nasarawa State

The operator training manual — The operator training manualThe John Deere 5E Series tractor operator training manual, prepared by AGCOMS for NADF operators as a five-day practical programme for the 4,000 operators being trained ahead of the deployment of 2,000 tractors. Every participant leaves with the written material, not only the seat time.MSP training, August 2026 · CSS Farms, Gora, Nasarawa State

On the disc harrow, wet ground — On the disc harrow, wet groundHitching and working a disc harrow on soaked ground at CSS Farms. Implement setting, depth and traction are taught on the machine in the conditions operators will actually meet, not in a classroom.MSP training, August 2026 · CSS Farms, Gora, Nasarawa State