Establishment Of Agricultural Crop Processing Centres

The push for industrial-scale processing reached a historic peak in August 2022, when the Governor inaugurated the Psaltry International Company Limited sorbitol factory in Ado-Awaye, Iseyin. As the first of its kind in Africa, the facility established a massive outlet for cassava farmers, capable of producing 25 tons of sorbitol daily for use in global pharmaceutical and food industries. 

This milestone followed the strategic development of the Fasola Agribusiness Industrial Hub, which was transformed from a moribund livestock farm into a multi-sectoral processing zone hosting over ten medium-to-large-scale agribusinesses engaged in crop and dairy processing.

Earlier in the term, specifically on June 4, 2021, the administration commissioned the Rontol Farms Industrial Cassava Factory in Ilora. This facility was the result of a deliberate public-private partnership aimed at boosting the state's capacity to convert raw tubers into high-quality flour and starch. 

During this same period, the government successfully collaborated with the private sector to revive the moribund Ido-Ibadan Farming and Marketing Cooperative Factory. By late 2021, the facility was restored to a processing capacity of 30 tonnes of cassava daily, providing a vital processing link for local smallholder cooperatives that had been dormant for years.

The journey began in 2019 with the institutional restructuring of the state's agricultural policy, moving away from "political farming" to "agribusiness." By late 2020, the creation of OYSADA provided the framework needed to offer land, security, and infrastructure to investors like Niji Group and Psaltry. 

These foundational efforts ensured that by the end of the first term in May 2023, Oyo State had transitioned from a purely agrarian landscape to a burgeoning processing hub, with multiple active industrial centers integrated into the rural economy.