Flag off of the 2020 planting season and input distribution for 3500 cassava Anchor Borrowers Programme nominees by His Excellency, Prince Dapo Abiodun, on Monday, 4th May, 2020.
The state boasts of about the largest concentration of agro-allied industries, such as cassava-ethanol processors in Agbara, rice factories, egg powder and garri processing factories. The approach is based on the need to empower smallholder farmers despite the economics of production. The state Commissioner for Agriculture, Dr Samson Odedina, explained: “Before we become self-sufficient in rice production and attain the expectations of our people in this regard, we would need to lend financial support to the growers, as rice production and farming are mainly controlled by the private sector.
*Linkage of 4,462 participants to inputs and credit to the tune of N700m in the cassava value chain, and 1,065 participants to inputs and credit to the tune of N300M in the rice value chain through the CBN/Ogun State Anchor Borrowers Programme . The second cycle of another six weeks, which commenced on 25th March 2020, coincided with pushing forward against all odds to deliver your birds to the off-taker, and how your obligation to the financial anchor has taught other young people good lessons of how to cope with different weather conditions in business.
• 9,048 farmers have been supported with improved production inputs for Rice and Cassava, in Eight participating LGAs of VCDP in the state.• Construction of 20km access roads in Obafemi-Owode, Yewa North and Ijebu North East LGAs. • International Institute of Tropical Agriculture : Agricultural Technological Innovations and Support to Farming and Related activities, including technical backstopping, demonstration farms and enterprise development in Ogun State
This third batch release was for young people, whom Prince Abiodun had approved land clearing for in Nine locations namely: Apojola, Odeda LGA; Asa, Ewekoro LGA; Ojoowo/Ijebu Igbo, Ijebu North LGA; Omogbawojo, Odogbolu LGA; Pagbonrin, Imeko-Afon LGA; Itoro, Yewa South LGA; Ojere Village, Obafemi Owode LGA; Ikenne Dairy Farm, Ikenne LGA; and Obafemi Town, Obafemi Owode LGA.
The commissioner added that under the IFAD/FG Value Chain Programme, the sum of three hundred and sixty million Naira was also disbursed as credit linkage to 8,000 people to grow rice and cassava. The Commissioner noted that this is happening for the first time in the history of Ogun State. The agricultural roadmap in Ogun State aims to integrate food security, job creation and agricultural industrialization into the state economic policy thrust to address gaps across all the value chains through private sector participation and investment through strategic partnership with all agencies responsible for supporting agriculture and allied activities.
They we son come and kill all the farmers as they did in other state