November 28, (THEWILL) – French investors in dairy farm production are looking forward to partnering with the Ogun State Government in livestock and Veterinary Medicine to improve cattle value-chain for food security and job creation in the state.
Mr. Valor Iduh, a Senior Trade Advisor, said that investors from the French Embassy had concluded arrangement with the government to make use of the dairy farm in Odeda Local Government Area of the state for livestock investment.
Iduh said that the investors would be partnering with the government in the areas of livestock, livestock- feeding and Veterinary medicine to boost dairy farm production for economic development.
He disclosed this while meeting with the Commissioner for Agriculture, Dr. Adeola Odedina, with delegates from the French embassy in Abeokuta, the state capital.
Odedina, however, said that the state government was fully ready to partner with the investors to increase dairy and livestock production in the state
He added that the government had resolved to partner with investors to boost agricultural activities and create more investment opportunities, towards food security, job creation and economic empowerment.
“We are ready to create an enabling environment in terms of access to land, favourable policies and advisory services. We already have a collaboration with the French Embassy in the Dairy Farm sector, which is situated in Odeda and we are ready to welcome more of such”, he noted
The commissioner said the livestock sector in the state, particularly the cattle value-chain, had a lot of potential to be invested in, which would in turn benefit the youths and smallholder farmers.
The Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Agriculture, Dr. Dotun Shorunke, said the government was making a concerted effort to improve the cattle value-chain, as well as becoming a major producer and not just a consumer in the sector.
He cited one of the initiatives of the State government towards boosting agricultural productivity and commercialisation to include, the recently organised Federal Government supported Livestock-Productivity Resilience Support Project (L-PRES).
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