Youth Farmers Oversubscribe To Kwara Government 's Estate Farms

Date: 2018-08-13

The 2550 hectares of land secured for farming activities by the Kwara State government under its Off-takers Demand Driven Agriculture (ODDA) scheme have been oversubscribed by youth farmers in the State.

The State Commissioner for Agriculture, Bamidele Adegoke, who disclosed this in Ilorin, expressed delight that more youth are showing interest in agriculture. He added that people need to consider agriculture as a business venture.

Adegoke also clarified that the State government is not acquiring land from communities for the estate farm development, but collaborating with communities that are willing to provide land for farming activities.

He listed the communities where the government had secured land for the estate farms to include Oke-oyi, Ejidongari, Esie, Agbamu, Reke, Malete, Alateko, Ekan, Ballah, Isin, Share, Shonga, Bode-Saadu and Owode-Ofaro.

The Commissioner said over 1000 farmers are targeted to be empowered and settled on the estate farms, adding that women and unemployed youths would be given priority.

According to him, the Estate Farm initiative is unique because it ensures ease of administration, monitoring and allows the government to ensure adequate security for the farmers and their farm produce.

He added that the farmers enjoy subsidies on land clearing and land preparation, which eventually brings down the cost of production.

In a related development, the Special Adviser to the governor on Agriculture and Rural Water Support Services, Mr. Anu Ibiwoye disclosed that the N1b loan facility approved yesterday by the State House of Assembly, will be disbursed to peasant farmers across the 16 local governments of the State.

He explained that the loan facility is to be obtained from the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) under its Anchor Borrowers programme, stressing that the State government is standing as guarantor for the farmers to enable them access the fund.

Ibiwoye stated that the facility will enhance agricultural activities at the local level, and ensure food security, job creation and poverty reduction.

 

Cloud Tag: What's trending

Click on a word/phrase to read more about it.

Balogun Fulani     Bola Sagaya     Yoonus Kola Olatinwo     Government High School (GHS), Adeta     Sheikh Ridhwanullah     Yakubu Dogara     Ahmad Belgore     Abiodun Abdulkareem     Olayinka Olaogun     Government House     Razak Atunwa     Kayode Yusuf     Maryam Ado Bayero     Ibraheem Adeola Katibi     Lotus Bank     Olaiya Victor Mobolaji     Owo Isowo     Mohammed Danjuma     Eleja     Matthew Babaoye     Oluwarotimi Boluwatife Adenike     Grillo     Abdulrahman Abdulrasak     Tsaragi/Share     Javed Khan     Kale Bayero     ITEM 7     Olupako Of Share     Kayode Bankole     Babatunde Ishola Babaita     Alaaya     Toyin Saraki     Pakata Development Association     Salihu Alhaji Musa     Aro Yahaya     Habeeb Abdullahi Al-Ilory     Old Oyo     Joseph Bamigboye     Olusegun Adeniyi     David Oyedepo     AbdulGafar Tosho     Ayobami Seriki     Forgo Battery Company Limited     Ajasse-Ipo     Rasheed Jimoh     Ganmo Power Sub-Station     Abdulkareem Alabi     Isiaka Yusuf     Sarafadeen Kayode Akorede     Demola Banu     Garment Factory     Adanla-Irese     Florence Saraki     Umar Danladi Shero     Vasolar Consortium     Junior Secondary School Certificate Examinations     Yemi Osinbajo     Asiwaju Bola Tinubu     Irepodun     Kulende     Mopelola Abdulmaliq-Bashir     Eruku     Pilgrims Board     Kwara State Television     Igbaja     Abraham Ojo     Taofeek Ibraheem     Owo Arugbo     Muritala Awodun     Kawu Baraje     Elese Of Igbaja     Chartered Institute Of Personnel Management Of Nigeria     Ilorin South Constituency     Aliyu Sabi     Roseline Oni Aremu     Jimoh Bashir     Saliu Oluwole    

Cloud Tag: What's trending

Click on a word/phrase to read more about it.

Sheriff Olanrewaju     Olufolake Abdulrazaq     Wahab Issa     Adamu Attah     Alabi Lawal     Ishaq Oloyede     Kwara Teaching Service Commission     Matthew Babaoye     Leke Ogungbe     Elekoyangan     Mahmud Babatunde Baker     Barakat Community Secondary School     Adeniyi Ojo     Abdulmumin Yinka Ajia     Toyin Abdullahi     ER-KANG     Oluwarotimi Boluwatife Adenike     Farouk Salim     Saidu Isa     Split Diamond Interchange     Bilikisu Oniyangi     Magaji Nda     Rice Farmers Association Of Nigeria     Khairat Gwadabe     Gbenga Olawepo     Public Holiday     Mohammed Lawal     CBT     Olatunji Bamgbola     Adesoye College     Abdulfatai Baakini     Monkey Pox     Olokoba Abdullahi Ayinla     Toyin Saraki     Ahman Patigi     Twitter     RTEAN     Ishola Balogun Fulani     Egbewole     Moses Salami     Ike Ekweremadu     Moses Adekanye     Ayinde Oki     Ilorin West/Asa Federal Constituency     Abdulrosheed Okiki     Monthly Sanitation Exercise     Garuba Alikinla Shittu     Hassan Saliu     Mashood Dauda     Sobi     Shuaib Olarongbe     Abdulrazaq Aiyelabegan     Saka Balikis Kehinde     Abatemi Usman     Olaiya Zuberu     Michael Nzwekwe     General Hospital, Offa     Hussein Olokooba     Mufutau Gbadamosi Esuwoye     Kwarareports.com     Salihu S. Yaru     Oluronke Adeyemi     Olokoba     Lateef Ademola Olatunji     Maryam Nurudeen     Musa Ayinla Yeketi     Kwara State Internal Revenue Service     Gbugbu     Shao     Tunde Idiagbon Road     Read With Me     Belgore     Umar Sanda Yusuf     Binta Sulyman     Oke-Kura     John Obuh     Vasolar Consortium