A farmers' market, to serve as outlet for organic agriculture products in Nigeria, is to be established at Akinale, south of Abeokuta, Ewekoro local government, Ogun State.
The CEO of Africa 2000, a United Kingdom based Charity company and promoter of theproject, Mr. Femi Renner and the Traditional ruler of Akinale, Oba Olufemi Adewunmi Ogunleye, were engaged in preliminary discussions at a London Hotel, penultimate week-end, on the feasibility of the project.
Mr Renner said the proposed market for Akinale would be one of four of its type earmarked for Nigeria under the Africa Industrialization program designed to promote sustainable development and ultimate eradication of poverty in the continent, adding that Akinale's market would be devoted for promotion and exploitation of organic agriculture and food products for local and export outlets.
The Africa Industrialization program, it was further explained, would encourage communities to organise themselves into registered cooperatives to own and run various food manufacturing, processing and packaging units, exploiting the resources locally available to them to produce world class products.
At the meeting which was also attended by associate interests like consultants in community development, agricultural bio-technologists and geo-partial communication specialists, Oba Ogunleye said Akinale is a naturally endowed land for agriculture which has been the traditional vocation of the founders since two centuries ago and that it remains a veritable resource for sustainable organic food production for local and export consumption.
He announced that farmers in Akinale are already in synergy with specialists in organic agriculture to improve their skills towards sustainable organic food production for healthy living and export marketing.
Akinale is 23 kilometer south of Abeokuta with regular power supply from the national grid, pipe-borne water and is about 45 minutes drive from the Murtala Mohammed International Airport, Lagos .
Besides series of cottage industries like integrated farming scheme, poultries, animal husbandry and food processing, the Ogun state government has established a model secondary school in the locale to enhance educational development of the youth. In addition, a federal government built dam to promote rural water supply and aquatic agriculture as well as a proposed cargo airport are within the corridor of the town.
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