Aware that Agriculture will not only ensure food security but a critical weapon of fighting poverty, Lagos State Government has fully keyed into the Agro-processing Productivity Enhancement and Livelihood Improvement Support project which is a comprehensive six years World Bank assisted project aimed at supporting farmers productivity and their linkages to markets, facilitating farmers and small and medium businesses, among others.
Harping on achievements so far in the state, she said,’’ 879 farmers, SMEs had been supported directly with physical inputs and equipment across Poultry , Rice and Aquaculture . However, 3, 516 had benefited indirectly. ‘’Use of Nets for control of birds in rice farming. Over 100 Rice Farmers in Ganyingbo, Badagry are presently trying this technology with other agronomic practices learnt through the state collaboration with AfricaRice IITA, Ibadan.
She lamented that, ‘’Activities under the project collaborations with Research Institutes were greatly affected by COVID-19 and #EndSARS crisis. It contributed immensely to 2020 project implementation performance. However the project had maintained good relationship with AfricaRice under the outgrower scheme as well as seed certification in conjunction with Rice Seed Council during the period.’’
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