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Friday, March 13, 2015

KEY ACHIEVEMENTS OF OGUN STATE VCDP AS AT FEBRRUARY 2015



        

 
          I.    Constitution of the State Programme Management Unit ( SPMU )
The State Programme Management Unit was constituted, and comprised the following  nine (9 ) officers;
ü  State Programme Coordinator(SPC)
ü  State Accountant (SA)
ü  Planning, Monitoring, Evaluation/Knowledge Management Officer (PME/KMO)
ü  State Agricultural Processing/Quality Enhancement officer (APQEO)
ü  State Business and Market Development Officer (BMDO)
ü  State Value Chain Infrastructure Officer (SVCIO)
ü  Agricultural Production Officer –I
ü  Agricultural Production Officer-II
ü  Rural Institutions and Gender/Youth Mainstreaming Officer (RIGYMO)

                II.   IFAD Country Programme Review Workshop

The IFAD Country Programme review was held on Monday 18th August 2014 at Rockview Royale Hotel Abuja.  In attendance was the IFAD Regional Director for West and Central African, Mr Idis de Willebois; IFAD Country Programme Manager Atsuko Toda; as well as officials of the Federal Ministry of Finance, Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development and key staff of IFAD funded programmes in the country. The Ogun State Perm Sec. Engr. Bisiriyu, the P.M, OGADEP Mr.I.O.Onasanya ( represented by Mr. O.A.Adeleye ,D.R&T)  and the SPC also attended the Workshop.
The objective of the workshop which were:
·         Review of the Performance of IFAD funded Programmes in Nigeria.
·         Identify and proffer solutions to key implementation challenges in the Nigeria Country Programme Portfolio. 
·         Agree on indications for measurement of Programme Performance






             III.            Conduct of  Programm Start-Up Workshop

The Programme Start-up Workshop was held  on the 19th of August 2014 at the Rockview Royale Hotel Abuja. The Ogun State Perm Sec. Engr. Bisiriyu, the P.M, OGADEP  Mr.I.O.Onasanya ( represented by Mr. O.A.Adeleye ,D.R&T), the  SPC  and SPMU members  attended the Workshop. Also representatives from other 5 VCDP implementing States, NPMU members and key staff of the FMA&D .
The main objective of the Start up Workshop was to introduce the concept and implementation arrangements of the IFAD Rice and Cassava VCDP to participants.

             IV.            VCDP Programme Facilitation Training (PFT)
The VCDP PFT that was held in Abuja from 23rd September to 4th October 2014. The Training was organized to familiarize VCDP staff with Programme Documents and implementation arrangement of the VCDP at both Federal and State levels. Also, each of the 6 participating State developed its own  18-Month AWP& B and Procurement Plan, which were later finalized and sent to the National Office.

                V.            VCDP  Stakeholders Sensitization Forum
On 28th  of  November, Ogun State hosted 2-Man team comprising  Dr.Oyebanji (Team Leader) and Dr. Onoja ( VCDP NPC) for a Sensitization Forum with key Stakeholders in the Rice/Cassava Value Chain Development Programme (VCDP).
The Forum which was held on Friday 28th November 2014 at the Oba Complex  Governor’s office oke-mosan was chaired by the Hon. Commissioner for Agriculture(HCA), ably represented by the Engr.I.O. Bisiriyu ( Perm. Sec. MOA.) who read the welcome Address of the HCA. Also present was Mr. I.A.Onasanya (Programme Manager OGADEP) who stood in for the PS Agric and himself. The aims of the forum were;
·                              To bring together the key Private sector in the VCDP and facilitate interaction and networking among them and Programme Staff
·                              To give overview of the Programme including Components and Implementation arrangement
The forum recorded 127 attendant, with participants comprising representatives of RIFAN, AFAN, Agro-Input dealers from the 3 participating LGAs, Farmers’groups, LGA officials, Staff from State Ministry of Agriculture, Ministry of Budget & Planning, Ministry of Finance, and so on.
The following papers were presented by the two resource persons;
§  The VCDP Components and Implementation- Dr. Oyebanji
§  The VCDP Framework: Targets and Expected Results- Dr. Oyebanji
§  Implementation Arrangement for the Value Chain Development Programme-Dr. Onaja





             VI.            Workshop on Participatory Rural Appraisal (PPRA)

 A Training of Trainners (TOT) Workshop on PPRA was held at Federal Ministry of Agriculture  Minna Niger State from 1st  to 6th of December 2014. The TOT Workshop was attended by the following SPMU members of the 6 participating States;
ü  SPC
ü  PME/KM
ü  BMDO
ü  APO, and
ü  RIGYMO
Topics treated include the following;
        i.            Overview of Rice and Cassava Value Chain Development in Nigeria
      ii.            PRA facilitation Skills and trust building
    iii.            PRA: Wealth ranking for rice and cassava value chain baseline data
    iv.            PRA: Community Cluster Needs Assessment with reference to Rice and Cassava Value Chain
      v.            Problems identification
    vi.            Problems Analysis and Ranking



  vii.            Developing Value Chain Action Plan
viii.            Budgeting for VCAPs
    ix.            Community Cluster Action Plan layout with reference to Rice & Cassava Value Chain
      x.            Group Dynamics: team building; competition and cooperation
    xi.            Conflict management
  xii.            Participatory Monitoring and Evaluation of VCAPs
xiii.            Participants’ Action plan Preparation and presentation;
 There was practical demonstration of the conduct of PRA  into villages in Niger State . It is expected that the Training be step down to the  local government levels of all the participating States.




          VII.            Identification of Production/Processing Clusters and Farmers Organizations across the 3 Selected LGAs.
         In December 2014, the State SPMU members commenced visits to the 3 participating LGAs both to sensitize the LGA and farmers’ group on the concept and implementation arrangement  of the VCDP, and also identify production/processing/Marketing clusters. The following are list of identified clusters

List of  Identified Production/Processing Cluster
S/N
LGA
Production Cluster
Site
Crop
No. of FOs
Potential Hectarages Available (ha)
1
Yewa North
Eggua
Rice
7
350
2
Yewa North
Eggua
Cassava
2
100
3
Obafemi/Owode
Moloko Ashipa
Rice
2
150
4
Obafemi/Owode
Onidundun
Rice
2
100
5
Obafemi/Owode
Lufoko
Rice
2
100
6
Obafemi/Owode
Baara
Cassava
4
100
7
Obafemi/Owode
Ijana Alapako
Cassava
10
200
8
Obafemi/Owode
Mokoloki
Cassava Processing
2

9
Obafemi/Owode
Mosunmore
Cassava
1
20
10
Ijebu North-East
Imewuro
Rice
6
200
11
Ijebu North-East
Ododenyo
Cassava
2
100
12
Ijebu North-East
Idomowo-idomila
Cassava processing
1

13
Ijebu North-East
Erunwon
Cassava Processing
1




            It is important to note that most of the groups identified were involved in most      aspect of the value chain for both crops that is production, processing and marketing. The groups are being guided on forming their groups along the value chain.




       VIII.            Advocacy Visits to the 3 LGAs
All the three selected Local Government Councils have been formally informed of their participation in the Programme.  Advocacy visit was made to Yewa- North on 16th Dec,2014. The visit to the other LGAs were put on hold due to the non availability of the Local Government Chairperson. Efforts are being intensified in this regards.
Meanwhile, sensitization visits have been made to Communities  around the identified production clusters in the three LGAs. A total of 10 visits have been embarked upon. visits.



             IX.            Identification of Major Off-takers.
Four(4) major off-takers for Cassava  in have been identified. These are

S/N
Name of Firm
Product
1
Thai Farms Ososa
HQCF
2
Green Tech Igbesa
Cassava Starch
3
Atlantic Distilleries, Ota
Ethanol
4*
Ekha-Agro, Ibafo
Glucose Syrup
            * Currently having some management issues which has affected Production*




                X.            Inventory of  Service Providers
The process for having the inventory of service providers has commenced.
A list  of 70nos of existing service providers cutting across various fields was received from the State Fadama Coordination Office. The list is being evaluated and will serve as a base to build upon.

 
             XI.            Identification of Input dealers
Agro-input dealers in the VCDP participating LGAs in the State has been identified. The dealers identified also participated in the Federal Government Growth  Enhancement Scheme(GES). Meanwhile, a relationship has been established  with the Apex of the agro Input dealers in the State.

   S/N
LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA
NAME AND ADDRESS OF AGRO-DEALERS
AGRO-DEALER CONTACT PERSON
Contact Tel No.
Capacity
(Mt)
1
Obafemi-Owode
 Shop 1, St Peters African Church Vicarage, Siun
Mrs Mary George
08060 027576  

30
LEVIS VENTURES, 1, Osholewa St., Mowe
Levis Egbodo
08034704283
30
2
IJebu North-East
22, Adetumobi Strt, Isonyin
Olori Toyin Ogunuga
08037962109
30
3
Yewa North
Obalagbe Agro, Shop 46, Osoba Shopping Complex,  Ayetoro
Kilaso Adeyemi
08068976674
30


          XII.            Identification of Micro, Small & Medium Enterprises(SMEs)
A total number of thirty (30) existing MSMEs  mostly on Cassava in the State has been identified. However, most of them are not in production due to (i) Market failure as a result of policy shift by Government especially on High Quality Cassava Flour (HQCF) and poor access to credit.


       XIII.            Off-takers Forum
An off-takers’ s forum is being proposed for the second week of March 2015.



       XIV.            Identification of Relevant Research Institutes for Rice and Cassava within the State/Region.

The following relevant research institutes have been identified;
·         International Institute for tropical Agriculture (IITA) Ibadan.
·         National Cereals Research Institute (NCRI) Moore Plantation Ibadan.
·         Institute for Agricultural research and Training  Ife/Ibadan.
·         National Stored Products Research Institute, Lagos/Ilorin.

xv. Visit of Dr. Olaniran to Ogun State

The Nigeria Permanent representative at IFAD in Rome, Dr. Olaniran, who was also a former Commissioner for Agriculture in Ogun State paid a courtesy visit to His Excellency, Senetor Ibikun Amosun FCA, CON, the Executive Governor of Ogun State on Monday 22nd December 2014. He was accompanied by Mrs Atsuko Toda ( VCDP Country Programme Manager ) and Dr. Onaja (NPC).

XVI.       Others
          The MOU was referred to the State Ministry of Justice and still being awaited. we hope to get it completed by next week.
         
          The payment of Government counterpart fund contribution is being followed up but yet to yield the expected results.