We Harvested Seven Metric Tons Per Hectare In Five Months - Ogun State Governor, Dapo Abiodun

Ogun State Government Rice Farming

Ogun State Governor, Prince Dapo Abiodun, on Monday announced that the state government through a pilot program in May 2024, has achieved 7 Metric Tons/Hectare of Rice by August. 

According to the governor, a total of about 20,000 bags were realized from the harvest. 

Read the announcement below:

Today in Ogun State, we harvested the rice we planted in May 2024. By August 2024, we realised 7 MT/hct from a pilot of 200 hectares, using outgrowers who were each given 1 hectare. 

The total harvest amounted to approximately 1,400 MT, which translates to about 20,000 bags of milled rice, valued at One billion Naira in revenue every three months. 

These farmers, mostly youth and women who had never farmed before, are now part of a transformative project. We will now upscale to 2,000–5,000 hectares, aiming for approximately 10–25 billion Naira per quarter. 

Ogun State is ready to feed the nation!