Lagos State Agro-Processing, Productivity Enhancement and Livelihood Improvement Support (APPEALS) empowered 17,469 direct and indirect beneficiaries and created 12,350 jobs across all its activities in five years.
According to the Lagos State Coordinator of APPEALS Project, Mrs. Oluranti Sagoe-Oviebo, the Project has also contributed N333.9 million to Lagos State GDP by 924 farmers supported by the project in 2020 from the Production Output Survey validated by Lagos State Bureau of Statistics (LBS) which translates to 0.07 percent.
Mrs. Sagoe-Oviebo also disclosed that about N199 million worth of products in Aquaculture, Poultry and Rice have been sold by some women and youth since they receive grant support from Lagos APPEALS project, noting that 44.14 per cent of the 3,950 beneficiaries supported under the matching grants are females.
She said Lagos APPEALS Project, which focuses on three value chains – Aquaculture, Poultry and Rice, is directly contributing to the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) as well as THEMES Agenda of Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu administration in Lagos State.
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She commended Governor Sanwo-Olu for supporting the project with necessary funds to improve farmers’ productivity in Lagos State.
“The project has continued to promote productivity enhancement technologies and value addition through the demonstration of improved technologies. These have directly impacted the Project Development Objective. Most of these were confirmed through administrative data.
“The productivity of rice paddy in the State has increased from 2.0 MT to 3.5 MT / Ha. Tilapia has increased from 100 Kg/ m3to 140 Kg / m3, and Broiler from 1.8 Kg/ bird per cycle (liveweight) to 2.35 Kg/ bird. The processed output and sales of products for the value chains follow the same trend.
“The Project has empowered 1,786 Women and Youths under the Project’s Women and Youth Empowerment Programme (WYEP) with Start-up grant support to 1,542 beneficiaries so far. It has also provided training support on Socio-Emotional Skills for agribusiness in collaboration with Gender Innovation Lab/World Bank for some selected beneficiaries of APPEALS project Women and Youths Empowerment Programme,” she said
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