The Ogun State Government has supported farmers with N5.4 billion worth of inputs through the Ogun State Transformation Economic Programme (OGSTEP).
The Commissioner for Agriculture, Mr Bolu Owotomo, said this at a news conference on Monday in Abeokuta.
The development objective of the OGSTEP is to increase agricultural production and stimulate private sector participation in the agricultural, industrial and skills sectors of the Ogun state economy.
Owotomo said the state Governor, Dapo Abiodun through the OGSTEP initiative, had ensured increment in food productivity in the state.
“Supporting farmers with inputs worth billions of naira, we are expecting the farmers to produce 318,000 tonnes of commodities.
“So, far we have harvested 65,000 tonnes of commodities and we are still going to harvest 92,000 tonnes which we have started.
“We are expecting all the farmers under the OGSTEP to generate about N15.9 billion from their produce,” he said.
Owotomo said the state Ministry of Agriculture had registered 160,000 farmers adding that over 40,900 farmers had been shared into 2,537 groups.
He added that 22,000 farmers under the OGSTEP programme had been supported across the state with inputs.
He said 16,000 farmers had benefited from the state’s capacity building programme, while 34,000 farmers have been laid to offtakes.
He promised that the state government would continue to ensure food stability through various interventions that would cut across the 20 local government areas.
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