Agriculture And Rural Development

Governor Fayemi’s plan for agric business has led to partnership with some big names in agriculture who are in the state to set up processing plants in addition to large scale farming.
Agriculture investments of over $50 million in rice (by Stallion, Dangote Farm & JMK), cassava (by FMS Farms, Promise Point and Arog Agro), and dairy processing (by Promasidor) have been attracted to the state, while government has completed the pre-feasibility study for the Special Agro-Industrial Processing Zone (SAPZ), which is a 40,000 hectare area, planned to house processing operations focused on rice, cassava, dairy, cocoa, cashew and maize processing.

Other efforts of government include capacity training for Livestock farmers across 16 LGAs; Clearing of 1540 Hectares of farmland for agricultural investors in 5 LGAs.
Utilising his wide contact with the development agencies, Fayemi has been able to forge some strategic partnerships, notably with the African Development Bank (AfDB) for the Agriculture Processing Zone Project; the World Bank for the rehabilitation and tarring of 1,000km of rural roads through the Rural Access and Mobility Project (RAAMP) which opens up over 500 rural communities and farmsteads.