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Ekiti State Governor, Mr Biodun Oyebanji, has approved the installation of three Agro-Meteorological Stations across the State under the Livestock Productivity and Resilience Support (L-PRES) Project, a World Bank-supported initiative aimed at strengthening climate-smart livestock production and agricultural resilience. The State Commissioner for Agriculture and Food Security, Mr Ebenezer Boluwade, disclosed this in a statement, […]

The Ekiti State Bureau of Special Projects, Office of the Governor, has conducted a monitoring exercise on major infrastructure projects being implemented under the Livestock Productivity and Resilience Support (LPRES) Project across the state. The monitoring team inspected the ongoing construction of the ultramodern abattoir, modern cattle market and broiler processing plant along the EKSU/Iworoko

Initiative to strengthen cooperative governance, improve market access, and boost livestock productivity The Ekiti State Government has trained livestock value chain actors on modern cooperative management as part of efforts to strengthen cooperative governance, improve market access, and boost livestock productivity across the state. The training, held in Ado-Ekiti under the Livestock Productivity and Resilience

The Ekiti State Livestock Productivity and Resilience Support (LPRES) Project has intensified efforts to strengthen the sustainability framework for livestock infrastructure across beneficiary communities in the state. The initiative formed the focus of stakeholder engagements held during the sensitization of cluster livestock farmers benefiting from the ongoing construction of pig slaughter slabs in Ikere-Ekiti and

….…Broiler processing facility to incorporate bio-gas technology. The Ekiti State Government through the Livestock Productivity and Resilience Support (L-PRES) Project has handed over sites for the construction of a broiler processing plant and modern cattle markets to contractors handling the projects. The broiler processing plant and one of the ultra-modern cattle markets are located along

The Ekiti State Government says it has commenced a strategic initiative to engage 5,000 youths in poultry production and agribusiness as part of efforts to boost food security, create jobs and strengthen the agricultural value chain in the state. The State Commissioner for Agriculture and Food security, Mr. Ebenezer Boluwade, disclosed this on Wednesday in

The Ekiti State Commissioner for Agriculture and Food Security,Mr. Ebenezer Boluwade, has inspected completed livestock infrastructure projects built under the Livestock Productivity and Resilience Support(L-PRES) Project across the State. During the visit, he urged host communities to take ownership of the facilities to ensure proper maintenance  and long-term sustainability. The inspection took the commissioner and

The Ekiti State Livestock Productivity and Resilience Support(L-PRES) Project has mobilized no fewer than 35 inoculators for a statewide vaccination exercise to combat trans-boundary animal diseases and safeguards livestock production. The Stateholders meeting held in Ado Ekiti, brought together key actors in the livestock sector to strtegise on effective vaccine distribution and administration across the

The Ekiti State Commissioner for Agriculture and Food Security, Mr. Ebenezer Boluwade has inspected the ongoing construction of an ultra-modern abattoir and a model veterinary hospital in Ado Ekiti. The projects are being implemented by the World Bank in partnership with the Ekiti State Government under the Livestock Productivity and Resilience Support (L-PRES) Project .

The Ekiti State Government has received 80,500 doses of livestock vaccines from the Federal Ministry of Livestock Development through the Livestock Productivity and Resilience Support (L-PRES) Project as part of strategic steps to prevent and control trans-boundary animal diseases in the state. The vaccines include 50,000 doses of Contagious Bovine Pleuropneumonia (CBPP),30,000 doses of Newscastle