Senator Kola Balogun, representing Oyo South Senatorial District, encourages sustainable agricultural value chain,. He uses every opportunity to redirect people particularly the youth to go back to the land.
For him, a youthful population that is well-trained in agricultural production and also versed in agricultural value chain would not only take away hunger from the land, but also serve as a fulcrum for the socio-economic development of the society.
Acting out his conviction, Senator Balogun, in 2021 alone, facilitated four programmes on Capacity-Building and Empowerment on Agricultural Entrepreneurship for hundreds of youths in the nine local government areas that made up Oyo South Senatorial District.
The programmes were carried out at the Institute of Agricultural Research and Training (IAR&T), Moore Plantation, Ibadan, and also at Igboora, at various times within the year.
Beneficiaries of the four training and empowerment programmes were not only trained in agricultural production, but were also variously given substantial amount of money as start-up capital to promote their businesses in the agricultural value chain.
One of such training and empowerment programme was held at IAR&T from 19 to 21 January, 2021, during which 100 youths and farmers drawn from the senatorial district were taken through the rudiments of agricultural value chain by agricultural professionals of the institution.
The programmes were carried out at the Institute of Agricultural Research and Training (IAR&T), Moore Plantation, Ibadan, and also at Igboora, at various times within the year.
Beneficiaries of the four training and empowerment programmes were not only trained in agricultural production, but were also variously given substantial amount of money as start-up capital to promote their businesses in the agricultural value chain.
One of such training and empowerment programme was held at IAR&T from 19 to 21 January, 2021, during which 100 youths and farmers drawn from the senatorial district were taken through the rudiments of agricultural value chain by agricultural professionals of the institution.
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