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LAGOS STATE AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY

EXTENSION REPORTREFILS REVIEW MEETING WORKSHOP

2017.

Name of ADP: Lagos State Agricultural Development Authority.

Postal Address: Oko-Oba roadWebsite: www.lsada.org

E-mail: info@lsada.org Telephone: 08080423286, 08033788737

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Support activities Target Achievement Remarks

MTRMs 12 2 Late release of funds contributed highly to the low achievement..

FNTs 26 24 Some FNTs fell on public holidays.

OFARS 12 6 Late release of funds contributed highly to the low achievement

No of farm families 500,000 128,925 The Village listing survey to ascertain the number of farm families

in the State has been conducted and the data is still being analyzed.

No of SPATs established 18 17 They were on the use of fertilizer reqt. For plantain, planting of

Vitamin A cassava variety, feed for goats etc

No of MTPs 30 30 These were on the use of new cassava variety i.e TMS98/581, Use

of dietary garlic powder inclusion in the diets of Clarias gariepinus,

rice offal inclusion in the diet of growing pigs etc

No of Field days 30 22 Other blocks had only one officer

No of Agric Shows 3 3 World food day, farmer field day and Lagos food summit.

No. of group formed 50 27 Some of the groups have been registered.

No of training per year 5 3

Extension publication produced 3 - Fund constraints constituted majorly to the non publication.

Zonal Steering Committee Meeting 4 - Paucity of funds attributed to the non hosting by States.

Zonal Technical Committee Meeting 2 - Fund constraints to research institutes contributed to this.

Zonal REFILS workshops 1 1

No of Extension workers (VEAs) 128 72 The no of officers have greatly reduced due to redeployment to

projects as well as Ministry.

No of Extension workers (BEAs) 16 10

EA/Farmer ratio in the state 1:800/1000 1:1,653 The reason for this can be adduced from the no of Extension Agents

presently in the Authority.

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• FOOT NOTE: Activities For 2017 would emanate from Participatory Rural Appraisal (PRA), Monthly Technology Review Meeting (MTRM) Topics.

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Bulletins

1.Lagos Mega-City: Environment-

Friendly Agricultural Practices

500 farmers 385 farmers Lagos State Agric. Dev.

Authority .(LSADA)

Guides

1. Fish pond site selection and

construction.

LASCAFAN Lagos

State Catfish

Association

Group(1000)

800 Fisheries Dept. of Ministry of

Agric.(MA) and LSADA

Leaflets

1. Processing and utilization of fish

products

500 Fish farmer groups 275 groups West African Agric.

Productivity

Programme(WAAPP) and MA

B. DETAILS OF EXTENSION PUBLICATIONS PRODUCED

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C. RADIO PROGRAMMES PRODUCED AND AIRED

Programme Title/Topics Frequently Broadcasting

station

Duration

1. Drip irrigation for dry season

vegetable production.

Weekly Radio Lagos 30 mins

2. Pre-stocking management in fish

farming.

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3. Safety measures in Artisanal fisheries. ‘’ ‘’ ‘’

4. Feed formulation in poultry and

aquaculture.

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5. Lagos state policies on Agricultural

development in the State.

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Constraints: The time allocated to the programme is too small and farmer groups have

complained and requested for additional airtime so as to enjoy quality topics with informative

technical messages but fund availability required to achieve this is still a problem.

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Constraints: FUNDS CONSTRAINTS AND LACK OF SPONSORSHIP FORESTALLED THE AIRING OF THE

PROGRAMME.

D. TELEVISION PROGRAMMES PRODUCED AND AIRED

Programme Title/Topics Frequency Broadcasting

Station

Duration

1.

2. NO AIRING OF PROGRAMME

3.

4.

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E. TRAINING PROGRAMMES

Title Organizers Categories of Trainees No. of

Trainees

Collaborators

1. Essentials of quarantine in

Agricultural Exportation.

RID Farmer groups 100 NEPC

2.Financial management skills

for Agricultural Enterprises.

‘’ ‘’ 50 BOA

3. Group dynamics ‘’ ‘’ 100 LSADA

4.Group Management ‘’ ‘’ 150 LAPO

MFB

5. Essentials of insurance in

Agricultural Production.

RID ‘’ 200 NAIC/IGI

Constraints: More training can be achieved if fund is available and sufficient.

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Title Year Source Level of

adoption

Comments

1. Use of dietary garlic

powder(allium sativum) in the

diet of clarias gariepinus .

2015/2016 University of

Lagos

Farmers have

accepted the

technology but

the level of

adoption cannot

be measured

now.

Activity to extend

beyond 2016.

2. Popularisation of new

cassava varieties

TMS98/0581

2014-2016 Root and

Tuber

Expansion

Programme,

Ijebu-Ife

High Activity to continue

in 2017.

3. Processing method of fresh

ginger paste on the shelf-life

of smoked fish.

2015-2016 Lagos State

University.

Processors are

still being

sensitized and

the acceptance

level is very

encouraging

Sensitization of

processors to be

intensified beyond

2016.

4. Use of rice offal inclusion

in the diets of growing pigs.

‘’ Lagos State

Polytechnic,

Ikorodu.

As above Farmers are pleased

with the feed

because the cost of

production was

reduced and they

still had very good

growth recorded.

F. TECHNOLOGIES BEING PROMOTED

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Title Collaborators Major findings Remarks

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DIAGNOSTIC SURVEY CONDUCTED 2009

Constraints: Late release of funds militated against the conduction of the survey in 2016.

The Ministry of Agriculture recently released funds late in the year (2016)for the conduction of the Village Listing Survey.

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FADAMA III

AF

The project has the additional financing now fully operational in the State. 62 nos rice farmers are receiving

Extension Services from LSADA through fortnight visitations by Extension Agents. Facilitators and Extension

Agents benefitted from training on establishment of farmer field school. The project had procured ten high

capacity motor bikes for Extension Services within the Clusters. The Sawah rice technology transferred to

farmers by Fadama III was adopted by three production groups in Itoikin production Cluster and the technology

is still being promoted so that more farmers can adopt during the next planting season. The Agricultural

Development Authority through the Women-in Agriculture has been sensitizing farmers on nutrition advantage

and 20no PGs were reported to have benefitted from this. The ICT clinic is functional and capacity utilization is

high: the centre is being upgraded with new equipment to meet up with the present day challenges. The ICT

Centre is currently used to extend Agricultural information to farmers and several farmers had been trained on

the use of the ICT. There has been regular weather report broadcast via sms to Rice value chain actors in the

State since July, 2015. The project also supported 2no Monthly Technology Review Meetings (MTRMs), 4no

Fortnight trainings (FNTs) and 1no EAs/Facilitators meetings of the State Agricultural Development Authority.

The project supported the participation of 10no officers from State ADP at the REFILS workshop held at the

IAR&T, Ibadan between 26th and 29th April 2016 and also the Pre-Season training.

NPFS The sum of ₦9,568,000 was disbursed to 5 sites as loans to further enhance their site agricultural activities. The breakdown is as follows: Igbalu/ Gberigbe site- ₦2.5M, Ayobo/Ipaja- ₦2.5M, Ketu/Itoikin- ₦1.5M, Ado/Badore-₦1.5M, Amuwo/Festac- ₦1.568M at the Farmer field day programme held on the 3rd November, 2016. Also, the total number of Farmer Field Schools established till date still stands at 81 with focus on all NPFS sponsored enterprises and active participation of 1825 FFS Student/Farmer beneficiaries in the ratio of 818 males and 1007 females. Conduction of four (4) monitoring visits to the nine sites by the Management to resolve conflicts between Executives of the Apex and members while monitoring and verification visits were also made by facilitators to farmers in the sites to ascertain how effective the loans released to them were utilized. Also, 16Million naira was spent on inputs that were distributed to NPFS farmers as well as other farmer groups in the State. Inputs such as automated weighing scales, movable fish tanks, overhead tanks, wheel barrows, cutlasses, hoes, egg trays, hoses, agro-chemicals and insecticides etc.

H. GENERAL: BRIEF REPORT ON:

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Commercial

Agric

The project is expected to wind up on the 31st May, 2017. This was due to the introduction of Women and Youth Empowerment Programme (WYEP). A Total of 72 No Objections was received out of which 67 valued at ₦497.862 million and IDA cost of ₦250.92 million had been implemented under the CIGs/SMEs Business Alliances arrangement. The value chains that were implemented ranges from Rice, Poultry and Aquaculture. Also, physical output totaling 30 items of improved technologies were supported. The project has also secured his Excellency’s approval for 51 beneficiaries under the WYEP Programme at a value of ₦48,082,500.50.

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Input Situation The government established functional inputs channels as well as the participation

of private input dealers has brought about positive changes on input situation in the

State.

Fertilizer: The high cost of fertilizer as well as the State not participating in the GES

programme in 2016.

Credit Access to credit from financial institutions is still cumbersome either through high

interest rates on loans or credit coming too late while other financial institutions

does not extend credit to small scale farmers.

Agro-chemical The use of Agro-chemicals has increased slightly in the State though the adoption of

the principles is still low. Adulteration of products is still persistent but efforts are

being put into the complete eradication of this problem.

MTRM/QTRM Situation Report MTRM had been held (3) three times in 2016 with technical messages delivered by

competent resource persons from various research institutes. The review meeting

was anchored by the State’s team leader, Dr. Mrs Oyegbami from IAR&T, Ibadan. In

addition, pre-MTRM which involves field visits to farms with either success stories

or problems areas were usually embarked on in order to be abreast of the challenges

faced by farmers on the farms and discussions on how to proffer solutions at the

MTRM the following day. The attendance by both technical officers as well as

resource persons was excellent although the only constraint noticed in 2016 was in

the area of funding which was attributed to the change in financial funding policies

by the State Government.

Contributions by Local Governments

The Local Government Authorities have not changed in terms of honouring

invitations on capacity building for their officers or attendance of MTRM though

this attitude is critically being looked into by the new Head at the Agricultural desk

of the Ministry.

Constraints: Fund constraints are usually attributed to so many deficiencies on the part of the

Local Government as well as not being carried along by their superiors.

GENERAL: BRIEF REMARKS ON:

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MTP on cassava at Imota MTP on feed containing sorghum for broiler.

SOME PICTURES OF MTPs, SPAT AND DEMONSTRATION.

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Demonstration on Preparation of hand Sanitizer Products.

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Production of scouring Powder Lilymos Montessori School on Excursion.

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Lilymos Montessori School on Excursion

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WORLD FOOD DAY PROGRAMME 2015.

SOME PICTURES OF FARMER GROUPS AT THE EVENT.

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