Farmers Want Extension Of Lagos APPEALS Project

Smallholder farmers in Lagos State who are beneficiaries of the Agro-Processing, Productivity Enhancement, and Livelihood Improvement Support (APPEALS) project have called for the extension of the initiative as it enters its last stage of execution.
According to the farmers, with the support from the Lagos APPEALS project, they have been able to adopt new technologies in poultry, fish and rice production while scaling their businesses.
They, therefore, called for the extension of the programme so that it can impact more farmers in the State.
A poultry farmer from Erikorodo Poultry Association, Ikorodu, Seyi Ladega, expressed hope that the project would be extended and more grants given to many farmers in the State.
She noted that the Erikorodo Poultry Association and other farmers in the State would transform Lagos into a broiler production hub in West Africa with the continued support of the APPEALS project.
Also speaking, the Chairman of the Ashford Cooperative for fish in Badagry and one of the beneficiaries of the Lagos APPEALS cage culture project, Sejiro Oketojinu, stated that the intervention from the APPEALS is the introduction of new technology in fish production through the construction of cages for them.
“For our cooperative, we have 10 members benefitting from 10 cages and 1,500 pieces of all Tilapia fingerlings as input and probiotic fish feed,” he said.
The World Bank-supported project, which is aimed at ensuring food security, nutrition-sensitive technology, and a sustainable business alliance, has supported 17,467 beneficiaries, including farmers and agro-processors in Lagos since its inception.