Abdul-Hafeez Fadehan
The Ogun State government says it is committed to boosting food security in the state and aims to achieve this through mechanised agriculture.
This was stated by the Commissioner for Agriculture and Food Security, Bolu Owotomo, during a two-day training organised for Ogun farmers by the Contec Global Agro LTD, in collaboration with the Ministry of Agriculture and the Ogun State Economic Transformation Project.
The programme had the theme, ‘Training for 2024 Planting Season and Distribution of Inputs and Seminar to the farmers’.
Owotomo said the state had provided various empowerment programmes for farmers across the state to boost productivity and ensure food security.
“Indeed, food security is our top priority in the state, as the administration led by Dapo Abiodun has ordered the massive empowerment of farmers across the state, including women farmers. The state has distributed both crop inputs, herbicides and birds to the farmers, to boost their productivity and make food available for people’s consumption,” he added.
The OGSTEP Project Coordinator, Mrs Mosunmola Owo-Odusi, said the training was set aside to improve the capacity of the state farmers.
She said, “As you can see, OGSTEP is an agency of change. It encourages extension officers and farmers and empowers them through training and retraining. It also educates them on new methods to use in their farming productivity and outputs of their food production.”
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