The State Project Implementation Unit, Livestock Productivity and
Resilience Support Project (L-PRES) has trained Extension Agents on
profiling data of livestock farmers in the State.
Addressing the trainees at Ikole-Ekiti, the Program Manager,
Agricultural Development Program (ADP), Alhaji Oladele Yakubu called
for synergy between Ministries, Departments and Agencies of government
to ensure smooth working relations during the program, adding that
L-PRES Project offered training opportunities to empower them in
their professional career.
Earlier, the State Project Coordinator, Livestock Productivity and
Resilience Support Project (L-PRES), Mr. Olayinka Adedipe highlighted
the basic foundation of L-PRES Project to the trainees.
Mr. Adedipe emphasized that the Project Development Objective (PDO)
was aimed at improving livestock productivity,
commercialization and resilience of targeted value chains and to strengthen the
State’s capacity to respond to crisis or an emergency.
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The Extension Specialist L-PRES ,Mrs Olubunmi Ajayi later gave an
insight of profiling of Livestock Farmers in the State.
Mrs. Ajayi said that the programme would among other things provide a
comprehensive step-by-step guide to optimizing farmers’ performance on
the data on service providers.
In their responses, Mrs Ola-Falayi and Mr. Bayo Ojo spoke on behalf of
the participants that the training has enlightened and broadened
their knowledge on livestock sub-sector value chain.
They urged the State Implementation Unit of L-PRES to hold follow-up
training exercises in order to overcome any challenges that could
arise when they get to the field.