The Lagos State Government recently trained and supported 10,691 farmers under the Agro-Processing, Productivity Enhancement and Livelihood Improvement Support project to boost food security in the state.
The Commissioner for Agriculture, Abisola Olusanya, disclosed this in a statement on Monday during the pre-seventh implementation support mission of APPEALS project, held in Agege.
According to Olusanya, “Lagos State government through the Ministry of Agriculture is providing maximum support to the project in ensuring that the contributions of these value chains to food security, local production, improvement of livelihood as well as the creation of export markets are sustained.
“A total of 2,691 farmers, Small and Medium-sized Enterprises have been supported directly with physical inputs and equipment across poultry, rice and aquaculture while 3,516 stakeholders have benefitted indirectly.
“Also, 1,621 women and youth empowerment beneficiaries have been trained and their empowerment implementation is in progress. About 8,000 farmers have received training and technology demonstrations with strong evidence of a positive resultant effect on the Project Development Objective.”
The National Coordinator of APPEALS Project, Mr Mohammed Jobdi, who was represented by Dr Salisu Garba, said the project had met the needs of farmers in the state.