Oyo Govt. Begins Special Agro Processing Zones in Partnership with African Development Bank

Source: The Guardian 

The Guardian has reported the progress made by the Oyo State government in the development of agriculture in the state. The report clearly shows that the State government has started Special Agro Processing Zones in several parts of the state in partnership with the African Development Bank and the International Institute for Agriculture.

The report also highlights the renovation and rejuvenation of four moribund agricultural facilities in the state. These facilities are the Oyo State Agriculture Development Programme (OYSADEP) facility in Saki, Fasola Farm Settlement in Fasola, Oyo, the Rural Community Development Centre in Awe, and the OYSADEP Fabrication Centre at Apata.

OYSADA Distributes Farm Inputs to 965 Farmers in Oyo

Source: Business Day

The Oyo State Agribusiness Development Agency (OYSADA) has distributed farm inputs to 965 farmers in twelve local government areas of Oyo state.  

The farm inputs worth millions of naira are being done under the World Bank-assisted OYS-CARES programme in which about 10,000 smallholder farmers will be benefiting in the state.  The beneficiaries were maize, tomatoes, cassava, and rice farmers with some from the Oyo State Youth Entrepreneurship in Agribusiness Project (YEAP) who received training at CSS Farms, Nasarawa State in 2022.  

Kolawole Bamigbola revealed that in Oriire/Surulere/Ogbomoso LGAs, a total of 260 farmers were given farm inputs in Ibarapa East, Ibarapa North, Ido LGAs, there were 250 beneficiaries.  He, however, stated that the development was in line with the promise of Seyi Makinde to ameliorate the suffering of farmers across all the 33 local governments of the state that were affected by the covid-19 pandemic through OYO-Cares programmes in conjunction with the World Bank under the Oyo State Agribusiness Agency (OYSADA).

Oyo Govt. Distributes Farm Inputs in six LGAs

Source: Punch

The Oyo State Government, recently announced that it had distributed farm inputs and agricultural assets to farmers in six local government areas of the state. The state Commissioner for Agriculture and Rural Development, Olasunkanmi Olaleye, supervised the distribution in the Oke Ogun axis, which includes ATISBO, Saki West, Oorelope, Kajola, Iwajowa and Itesiwaju local government areas.  He said, “The state government is committed to enhancing quality and increased farm produce, in order to boost food security in the state.” 

While unveiling the distribution, the Commissioner said the fourth phase of the farm distribution was officially flagged off at Ibarapa East in Eruwa where about 2,537 farmers across Ibarapa zones benefited.  

It was further revealed that “the move was part of the state government plan to cushion the effect of subsidy removal, and the beneficiaries would go home with herbicides, knap-sack sprayer tank, 16kg hybrid maize seedlings, insecticide and 20 bundles of improved cassava stems.”