Kwara State Agriculture Stakeholders Praise Government's Food Security Initiatives

Date: 2024-10-07

According to a report from Nigerian Tribune, stakeholders in agriculture in Kwara state have praised the state government, including the state Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development and other agencies, for implementing enhanced food security measures.

The accolades were part of the statement released at the conclusion of a recent one-day gathering of stakeholders to discuss the 2025 Kwara state agricultural budget in Ilorin.

The event was coordinated by the Centre for Community Empowerment and Poverty Eradication (CEEPE), Kwara State Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (KMARD), Small-Scale Women Farmers Organisation in Nigeria (SWOFON), and the Budget Committee Group (BCG).

The participants also observed that budgetary allocation to Agriculture sector in the state needed to be reviewed upwards in sync with the Comprehensive Africa Agriculture Development Programme (CAADP) objective.

The communique said that low budgetary performance, especially, in critical areas like irrigation support was a result non-release of funds for budget implementation.

The meeting, which also advised the state government to have a sustainable budget policy that would be able to promote food security, added that government should collaborate with National Centre for Mechanization (NCAM) on production and fabrication of handheld equipment for smallholder farmers in the state.

“Participants observed shoddy implementation of government programme in limited instances such as distribution of inputs (Fertilizers, seed) to some non-farmers on political grounds.

“The Women farmers request more training on modern farming practices, especially on backyard farming.

“Farmers with Disability and their peculiar needs are not provided for in the State Agriculture budget”, the communique stated.

In his address at the meeting, the state coordinator of the Centre for Community Empowerment and Poverty Eradication (CEEPE), Abdurrahman Ayuba, said that the meeting was aimed at strengthening citizens' participation towards making 2025 Agriculture budget responsive to food systems transformation and wealth creation and supports effective synergy among all agriculture inclined MDAs in the State.

“It also provided stakeholders, especially smallholder women farmers, the opportunity to participate in agriculture policy and budget formulation processes resulting in changes in priority budget line items that are pro-farmers and in the approach of government's implementation of programmes and projects.

A total of 37 participants attended the meeting which included Commissioner of Agriculture and Rural Development, Permanent Secretary of Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, Directors from MDAs including RAAMP, FADAMA NG CARES, Kwara ADP, and members of Small-Scale Women Farmers Organisation in Nigeria (SWOFON) across 15 LGAs, Media and Civil Society Organizations (CSOs).

 

Cloud Tag: What's trending

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

Okeose Christian Cementary     Rex Olawoye     SWAN     LAK Jimoh     Ridwan Agboola     Bureau Of Lands     Suleiman Abubakar     Kwara State Geographic Information Service     Bursary     Aishat Mohammed Lawal     Abdulraheem Yusuf     Amusement Park     National Broadcasting Commission     Sulaiman Gado     Hakeem Idris     Saraki     Agboola Babatunde     Sulu Babaita Isiaka     Binta Abubakar-Mora     Sulu Gambari     Haashim Initiative For Community Advancement     Garuba Alikinla Shittu     Isaac Gbenle     Adamu Attah     Tuesday Assayomo     Adam Abdullahi Al-Ilory     Ayodele Shittu     T And K FOODS     NAWOJ     Moro     Alfa Yahaya Road     KWASIEC     Shuaibu Yaman Abdullahi     Yinka Aluko     CKNG     Ahmad Olayiwola Kamaldeen     Bashir Adigun     Akanji     Umar Ayinla Saro     Kwara State Printing And Publishing Corporation     Goodluck Jonathan     Iyabo Adewuyi     Ayobola Ipinlaiye     Tanke     State Bureau Of Internal Revenue     Gbugbu     Abdulazeez Arowona     Olabimpe Olani     RTEAN     Adeniyi Ojo     Balogun-Ojomu     Saka Keji     Suleiman Idris     Abdulahi Abubakar Bata     Kayode Yusuf     Unilorin FM     Lotus Bank     Democracy Day     BECE     Solomon Edojah     Nigeria Governors\' Forum     Alliance For Democracy     Salary     Seed Technologies     Police Commissioner     Nigerian Correctional Service     Bayo Mohammed Onimode     Oba Of Jebba     Mohammed Abduraheem     AbdulRahman Saad     Forgo Battery     Isaac Aderemi Kolawole     ER-KANG Mining Nigeria Company Limited     Issa Oloruntogun     Olumide Daniel Ibitoye     Muhammed Taofeeq Abdulrazaq     Usman Rifun    

Cloud Tag: What's trending

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

Kayode Bankole     SSUCOEN     Women For Change And Development Initiative     Abdullahi Dasilva Yussuf     MAI Akande     Sunday Otokiti     Risikat Lawal     Suleman Abubakar     KWTV     Saidu Isa     Oba Abdulraheem     Ajeigbe     Oro Grammar School     NTA Ilorin     Olatunji Ibrahim     Yomi Adeboye     Oba Of Jebba     Mopelola Abdulmaliq-Bashir     Guber Aspirant     Okeose Christian Cementary     Taofeek Ibraheem     Young Progressives Party     Solomon Edoja     Baba Idris     Suleiman Mora Omar     Christopher Ayeni     Lai Mohammed     Otoge     Oluwole Dupe     Owu Fall     Emir Of Lafiagi     Garuba Alikinla Shittu     Muhammed Mahe Abdulkadir     Khadijat Ayoola Yusuf     Nigeria Customs Service     Esinniobiwa Quareeb     Yusuf AbdulRasheed     ASMAU PLAZA     KWACOBPA     Baaziki Sulaiman     Savannah Centre For Diplomacy, Democracy And Development     Dan Iya     Lawyers Unite Against Corruption     Yahaya Muhammad     IQRA College     Ayinke Saka     Neuropsychiatric Hospital     Popo-Igbonna     Paul Olawoore     Ajasse-Ipo     Cassava Growers\' Association     Tsado Manman     Abdulkadir Jimoh     Ajibola Saliu Ajia     Ilorin Airport     Ramadan     Kola Olota     Kwarareports.com     Aliyu U. Tilde     Issa Baba     Convocation Ceremonies     Adebayo Salami     Abdulrazaq Sanni     Third Estate     Samuel Adaramola     Rebecca Olanrewaju     Kale Ayo     Ndakene     Wahab Agbaje     Okin Biscuit     Majlis For Sadaqah, Zakat And Waqf     Saad Omo\'ya     Olatunji Ayeni     Busari Toyin Isiaka     Halimah Perogi     Oyedepo     Oniwasi Agbaye