{"id":15294,"date":"2026-06-20T12:42:00","date_gmt":"2026-06-20T12:42:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev.iita.org\/news-item\/joint-agribusiness-park-activities-commence-in-oyo-state-nigeria\/"},"modified":"2026-06-29T20:40:21","modified_gmt":"2026-06-29T20:40:21","slug":"joint-agribusiness-park-activities-commence-in-oyo-state-nigeria","status":"publish","type":"news-item","link":"https:\/\/iita.org\/fr\/news-item\/joint-agribusiness-park-activities-commence-in-oyo-state-nigeria\/","title":{"rendered":"Joint agribusiness park activities commence in Oyo State, Nigeria"},"content":{"rendered":"<a href=\"https:\/\/iita.org\/fr\/\">IITA<\/a>\u00a0and Oyo State have commenced activities on an agribusiness center in Awe, Oyo Town. On 7 October, the project\u2019s Joint Committees\u2019 meeting agreed to change the center name from Rural Community Development Center (RCDC) to IITA-Oyo State Agribusiness Park Center, Awe.\n<div id=\"attachment_7159\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\">\n\n<a href=\"https:\/\/iita.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Awe1.png\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-7159\" src=\"https:\/\/iita.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Awe1.png\" alt=\"Joint agribusiness park activities commence in Oyo State, Nigeria\" width=\"820\" height=\"420\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7159\" \/><\/a>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-7159\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">An overview of the center with proposed offices.<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\nEarlier, IITA\u2019s Facilities Management Services (FMS) commenced construction work at the processing center, aiming to introduce a modern cassava processing structure. Identified office spaces, training rooms, the pen for sheep and goats, as well as poultry facilities will also be rehabilitated.\n<div id=\"attachment_7160\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"width: 850px\">\n\n<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-27748\" src=\"https:\/\/iita.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Awe2-300x150.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"850\" height=\"425\" \/>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-7160\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Hub Manager, Waheed Oni conducting the team on a tour.<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\nOn 12 October, mechanized cassava planting began on 43 hectares of land in the community. The team purchased 3,000 cassava stem bundles and 172 bags of fertilizer in preparation for planting.\n\nIITA\u2019s Supply Chain Unit processed the purchase of small farm machines for use at the center, including a rototiller, four brush cutters, one power weeder, two power sprayers, and one pushing type lawnmower.\n<div id=\"attachment_7161\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"width: 858px\">\n\n<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-27749\" src=\"https:\/\/iita.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Awe-3-300x142.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"858\" height=\"405\" \/>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-7161\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A truckload of cassava stems.<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\nTechnical Adviser to the IITA Youth in Agribusiness Office,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/iita.org\/fr\/iita-staff\/woomerpaul\/\">Paul Woomer<\/a>, led discussions on drafting the center\u2019s masterplan, and a first draft is being reviewed by the IITA team.\n\nAn IITA and Oyo State Government (OYSG) joint team visited the Agribusiness Park to analyze the present state of the facilities and decide on the way forward to implement activities. The delegation agreed on the modalities for renovating office blocks, including inputs from Oyo State Agribusiness Development Agency (OYSADA). The state government will also renovate the 750-person capacity training hall, with backstopping from FMS.\n<div id=\"attachment_7162\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"width: 616px\">\n\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-27750\" src=\"https:\/\/iita.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Awe4-300x150.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"616\" height=\"308\" \/>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-7162\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The planter working on the field in Awe.<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\nWhen full activities start, the Agribusiness Park will include livestock operations for sheep, goats, small ruminants, a cashew plantation, an oil palm plantation, and agro-processing facilities.\n<div id=\"attachment_7163\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"width: 866px\">\n\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-27751\" src=\"https:\/\/iita.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Awe5-300x150.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"866\" height=\"433\" \/>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-7163\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A model of the proposed processing center.<\/p>\n\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>IITA and Oyo State have commenced activities on an agribusiness center in Awe, Oyo Town.<\/p>","protected":false},"featured_media":15295,"template":"","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}}},"tags":[],"science-area":[],"program":[],"location":[32],"news-type":[],"hub":[61],"crop":[],"impact-areas":[],"item-year":[198],"class_list":["post-15294","news-item","type-news-item","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","location-nigeria","hub-western-africa","item-year-198"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.2 - 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