The State Commissioner for Agriculture, Abisola Olusanya who disclosed this in
Lagos noted that the road map focused on
the development of agricultural value chains where the state has competitive
and comparative advantages in order to ensure that the state’s self-sufficiency
in food production moves from 18% to 40% in the next five years.
She added the five-year road map is also expected to boost
food production and drastically reduce post-harvest losses thus encouraging
private sector investments that would trigger agricultural transformation in
the South-Western states following the examples of countries such as Kenya,
Malawi, China among others who within a 10-year period made a significant
reduction in the poverty level through agricultural development.
Olusanya added that the Chairman, Chapel Hill Denham
Group, Wale Edun is expected to deliver
a paper at the event, adding that panelists include the Chairman of Access Bank
Plc, Dr. Ajoritsedere Awosika; Director, Development Finance, CBN, Yusuf Yila; President, Lagos Chamber of
Commerce and Industry, Toki Mabogunje;
Group C.E.O of TGI Group’s Agribusiness Investments, M.D. Ramesh while the
State Commissioner for Economic Planning and Budget, Sam Egube would moderate
the session.
She urged interested participants to join the live launch of
the event virtually by registering at https://lagosagric.com/ adding that the
event would also be streamed live on all the social media platforms of the
Ministry including Facebook@ Lagos Agriculture; Instagram @lagosagric01 and
Twitter @lagosagric1.
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