USE OF ELECTRICAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY IN FOSTERING AGRICULTURAL ENGINEERING FOR ECONOMIC EMPOWERMENT IN POST COVID-19 PANDEMIC ERA IN NIGERIA
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COVID-19 is a public health issue concerned with a disease that can retard economic development of a nation. A means for Nigeria to recover and sustain her economy in post COVID-19 pandemic era is fostering of agricultural engineering. Activities in agricultural engineering can be enhanced using electrical science and technology. The paper discussed on economic empowerment in post COVID-19 pandemic era in Nigeria through the use of electrical science and technology in fostering agricultural engineering. The content of the paper were: issue of COVID-19 era, desire for economic empowerment, role of agricultural engineering in economic empowerment in post COVID-19 era, impact of electrical science and technology in human society, value of electrical science and technology in promotion of agricultural engineering. The paper pointed out that electrical science and technology can bring about the utilization of computer, telecommunication, information technology and electrical power supply in provision of information and enhancement of productivity in agricultural engineering. It was pointed out that agricultural engineering is relevant in economic survival in post COVID-19 pandemic era in Nigeria for it can serve as a means for food supply, income generation, and provision of security. Recommendations and conclusion in the paper geared towards the application of electrical science and technology in promotion of agricultural engineering needed in fostering Nigeria economy in post COVID-19 pandemic era.
KEYWORDS: COVID-19 pandemic, electrical science and technology, agricultural engineering, economic empowerment
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