{"id":14529,"date":"2026-06-20T12:36:00","date_gmt":"2026-06-20T12:36:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev.iita.org\/news-item\/iita-vcdf-ogstep-to-strengthen-private-sector-led-agri-food-value-chains-in-ijebu-ode\/"},"modified":"2026-06-29T21:25:50","modified_gmt":"2026-06-29T21:25:50","slug":"iita-vcdf-ogstep-to-strengthen-private-sector-led-agri-food-value-chains-in-ijebu-ode","status":"publish","type":"news-item","link":"https:\/\/iita.org\/fr\/news-item\/iita-vcdf-ogstep-to-strengthen-private-sector-led-agri-food-value-chains-in-ijebu-ode\/","title":{"rendered":"IITA-VCDF OGSTEP to strengthen private sector-led agri-food value chains in Ijebu-Ode"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Value Chain Development Firm (VCDF) of IITA<\/a>\u2013CGIAR<\/a> hosted the Ogun State Economic Transformation Project\u2019s (OGSTEP) inception workshop on 15 November at the Ijebu Ode Local Government Area Secretariat in Nigeria\u2019s Ogun State.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"IITA's
IITA’s Prof. Lateef addressing Farmers at OGSTEP Inception Workshop.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The workshop aimed to strengthen private sector-led agri-food value chains by ensuring farmers in production clusters have off-taker agreements with agribusiness that are gender and youth-disaggregated, particularly in the six local government areas of Ogun State\u2019s Ijebu zone.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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A cross section of farmers at workshop.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The organizers set out to promote, strengthen, mentor, and sustain an LGA-level value chain innovation platform comprising producers, input suppliers, service providers, off-takers, and other actors engaged in active climate-smart low-emission production practices to improve resilience and mitigation efforts during the pre-investment and investment phases.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Focus
Focus group discussions with farmers and OGSTEP team.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/p>\n\n\n\n

IITA-VCDF seeks to enable effective monitoring, learning, and evaluation of project implementation while safeguarding environmental and safety issues in the project location.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The project is the largest World Bank project in Ogun State; the second state to benefit from such a project after Kaduna State. The project covers education, agriculture, public sector reforms, and ease of doing business.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"The
The OGSTEP team with farmers and other stakeholders at the workshop.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/p>\n\n\n\n

OGSTEP will be funded by a World Bank loan to the Ogun State Government, and as a state government grant to farmers, farmers will be trained to develop a business plan for individual projects.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ogun State has been categorized into four agricultural zones\u2014Ijebu, Ikenne, Abeokuta, and Ilaro. At least 1,500 farmers from each zone will be selected and supported financially through a grant from the state government. The project will not hand cash to the farmers but supply inputs through government-accredited vendors.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Contributed by the IITA-VCDF Team<\/em><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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