Segun Ayinde, Abeokuta
Ogun State Government has announced plans to register an additional 100,000 farmers under the Ogun State Farmer Information Management System (OGFIMS), bringing the total number of registered farmers to 160,000.
Commissioner for Agriculture, Hon. Bolu Owotomo stated this during the OGFIMS workshop on Farmers and Value Chain Actors’ registration exercise at the Ogun State Economic Transformation Project (OGSTEP) training hall.
The workshop aimed to train 86 enumerators and supervisors to register and gather information on farmers, thereby enriching the state’s database.
Owotomo emphasized the importance of accurate registration stating that it would assist the government in decision-making and provide opportunities for farmers to enhance their knowledge and capacities on best agricultural practices.
He said the initiative was expected to boost the state’s agricultural sector, providing a comprehensive database of farmers and value chain actors and enhancing the state’s food security and economic growth.
The State Coordinator, OGSTEP, Mrs. Mosunmola Owo-Odunsi explained that the workshop was designed to onboard enumerators and train them to register farmers and VCAs in the OGFIMS database.
The team lead, Project consultant, OGFIMS, Mr. Lava Kumar, noted that the enumerators would help bring more farmers onto the digital platform, linking them with stakeholders in the agricultural sector, adding that the platform would serve as a database and repository of information and knowledge for farmers in the state.