As part of efforts to ensure food security, Lagos
State government, yesterday, said its target was
to meet 25 percent of food production in the state
by 2018.
This came as the state government concluded
plans to construct a Metropolitan Park at Ajetutun
in Ibeju-Lekki Local Government Area of the state.
Commissioner for Agriculture and Cooperatives,
Prince Gbolahan Lawal, who disclosed this while
briefing newsmen on the activities slated for this
year’s World Food Day at Alausa, Ikeja, said the
decision to set the 25 percent target was to
ensure that the state’s teeming population did
not at any time experience food scarcity.
Lawal added that apart from the acquisition of
land from Osun, Oyo and Ogun states and Federal
Capital Territory, Abuja, respectively, for farming
purposes, the state was also embarking on
several programmes and projects targeted at
boosting food production in the state.
He said: “For fish production, in 2010, we were
able to produce 109,000 metric tonnes. At the end
of December 2013, we are at 159,000 metric
tonne.”
He added that demand for rice was huge, and
Nigeria will benefit a lot if only the players in the
private sector partner with the state government
to boost rice production.
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