Oyo State authorities has commenced actions marking the 2026 World Food Day with an agricultural quiz competitors and interactive session aimed toward encouraging youths and college students to embrace agriculture, innovation and trendy farming practices.
The occasion, held on the Parliament Building, House of Chiefs, Secretariat, Ibadan, featured discussions on agricultural innovation, meals safety, sustainable farming practices and the function of younger individuals in remodeling the agricultural sector.
Delivering the keynote deal with on the primary day of the two-day celebration, the state’s commissioner for agriculture and rural growth, Barrister Olasunkanmi Olaleye, mentioned attaining innovation in agriculture required deliberate efforts to encourage youths and college students to embrace the sector.
He famous that younger individuals had a vital function to play in growing progressive options to agricultural challenges and making certain sustainable meals manufacturing for future generations.
Speaking on the assorted initiatives of the current administration in direction of enhancing meals safety, Olaleye mentioned the federal government of Governor Seyi Makinde had continued to implement programmes aimed toward enhancing agricultural productiveness. strengthening rural infrastructure and supporting farmers throughout the state.
The commissioner disclosed that about 24,000 farmers had been skilled in soil testing and climate-smart agricultural practices in 2026 to enhance farming effectivity, productiveness and resilience to local weather change.
He added that the state authorities had additionally prioritised the development of key rural roads to enhance accessibility to farming communities and facilitate the well timed transportation of agricultural produce. The roads embrace Ibadan-Iseyin, Oyo-Iseyin, Ogbomoso-Iseyin and Saki-Ogboro-Igboho roads, amongst others.
Olaleye additional defined that by the Rural Access and Agricultural Marketing Project (RAAMP), the state authorities had invested within the remodelling of main markets to enhance agricultural advertising and assist rural financial growth.
He listed Oja-Agbe Market in Iseyin, Aare-Alasa Market in Akanran, Ona-Ara Local Government Area, and Oja-Oba Market in Igbo-Ora, Ibarapa Central Local Government Area, among the many markets whose transforming, together with storage services, had been accomplished.
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