The Federal Government, through the Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Food Security (FMAFS), has provided training and empowerment to 372 poultry farmers in Ondo State by supplying them with day-old chicks and feed.
Temitope Fasedemi, the ministry’s Permanent Secretary, stated that this initiative is part of President Bola Tinubu’s Renewal Hope Agenda aimed at enhancing food security in Nigeria. Represented by the ministry’s Coordinator in the state, Akeem Ogundeko, Fasedemi noted that poultry farmers from four local government areas benefited from the program.
He highlighted that there was an emergency supply of day-old chicks, poultry feed, and enzymes to farming communities in Ondo West, Ondo East, Idanre, and Ile-Oluji Local Government Areas.
“327 poultry farmers were carefully selected, trained and empowered with 25 day-old chicks, three bags (25kg) of poultry feeds and one park zyme each.
“We have earlier trained and empowered poultry farmers in Ondo North and Ondo South with poultry feeds, day-old chicks, agrow chemicals/knapsack and power tiller,” he said.
Fasedemi, who promised government’s continuous support to farmers, urged farmers to make judicious use of the training and the farm inputs given to them.
The state Commissioner for Agriculture, Olayato Aribo, appreciated the federal government, saying the gesture would go a long way in assisting poultry farmers and increasing their productions in the state.
Aribo advised the beneficiaries to use the training experience to manage their birds and pass the information gathered to other farmers.
Two of the beneficiaries, Atinuke Darapale and Akinmade Oladipupo, expressed happiness with the training, promising to make judicious use of it as well as the farm inputs.
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