Prince Dapo Abiodun’s government in Ogun State on Friday said that it is targeting registration of additional 100,000 farmers, under the Ogun State Farmer Information Management System, towards enhancing their knowledge and capacities on best agricultural practices.

Commissioner for Agriculture, Dr Bolu Owotomo, made this known during a workshop on Farmers and Value Chain Actors registration held at the Ogun State Economic Transformation Project training hall, OPIC Plaza, Oke-Ilewo, Abeokuta, the state capital.

Owotomo, according to statement, said that the new capturing would bring the total number of registered farmers to 160,000.

The commissioner, while emphasising the importance of accurate registration, stated that the initiative is expected to boost the state’s agricultural sector with comprehensive statistics on farmers and value chain actors as this will help improve the state’s food security and economic growth.

The State Coordinator of 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.

Kumar said that the platform would serve as a repository of information and knowledge for farmers in the state.

He said, “This workshop is aimed at training 86 enumerators and supervisors and register them to gather information on farmers to enrich the state’s database.”

Credit : thenationonlineng.net