The Federal Government and the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) have commended Ogun Government over the utilisation of Value-Chain Development Programme Additional Funding (VCDP-AF) to empower farmers.
A joint supervision team, led by IFAD Country Director, Dede Ekoue, gave the commendation during the 5th Federal Government/IFAD joint supervision mission’s visit to the state on Thursday in Abeokuta.
Ekoue expressed satisfaction with the number of youths and local farmers trained and empowered through the agricultural intervention programmes.
The country director explained that through the programme, productivity of rice had increased by 47 per cent and cassava 61 per cent.
She stated that the federal government and IFAD were pleased with the development, adding that the objective of the programme was to empower farmers to grow more and improve their livelihood as well as enhance food security.
