Ogun Govt Targets Additional 100,000 Farmers For Capacity Building To Boost Food Production

Ogun State Government has finalized arrangements for registration of additional 100,000 farmers, under its Farmer Information Management System (OGFIMS), targeted at enhancing their knowledge and capacities on best agricultural practices to boost food production in the state 

The State Commissioner for Agriculture, Hon. Bolu Owotomo who made this known during a workshop on Farmers and Value Chain Actors (VCA) registration exercise held at the Ogun State Economic Transformation Project (OGSTEP) training hall, OPIC Plaza, Oke-Ilewo, Abeokuta, said that capturing of additional farmers would bring the total number of registered farmers to 160,000.

Owotomo noted that the workshop was aimed at training 86 enumerators and supervisors and register them to gather information on farmers to enrich the state's database.

The Commissioner, while emphasising the importance of accurate registration, stated that the initiative was expected to boost the state's agricultural sector with comprehensive statistics on farmers and value chain actors, to improve the state's food security and economic growth.

On her part, the State Coordinator, OGSTEP, Mrs. Mosunmola Owo-Odunsi, explained that the workshop was designed to train enumerators on how to register farmers and VCAs in the OGFIMS.

Contributing, the team lead, Project consultant, OGFIMS, Mr. Lava Kumar, highlighted that the enumerators would help bring more farmers into the digital platform, linking them with stakeholders in the agricultural sector, adding that the platform would serve as a repository of information and knowledge for farmers in the state.