AGRICULTURE AND NATURAL RESOURCES
AGRICULTURE AND NATURAL RESOURCES DEPARTMENT
Ado – Odo/Ota Local Government host one of the oldest farm settlements in Ogun State Located at Ado – Odo. Ado – Odo is known for her contribution to food production in the state.
The Local Government is blessed with vast land suitable for cultivation of both cash and arable crops such as palm, cocoa, kolanut, oranges, cashew, cassava, maize, pepper, tomatoes, water-lemon, plantain, banana, cucumber, pawpaw e.t.c.
Yearly, the farmers from this local Government emerged as the best farmers of the year. The umbrella body, AFAN has in the past its leadership drawn from this LGA.
The Agricultural and Natural Resources perform the following function.
- Monitoring the implementation of all agricultural development programme in the Local government area.
- Advising the Local Government management team in matters selecting to Agricultural policies and Programmes.
- Brooding and rearing of various types of day old checks e.g Broilers, Pullets and Cockerel at Poultry at Ado-odo areas office, Ado – Odo and selling to the citizenry at the subsidized rate to increase their protein intake.
- Cultivation of arable crops and tree crops for the Local Government for its benefit e.g oil palm plantation at idolehen. Ado – odo where about 4½ heet areas (885 steeds) for harvesting and processing.
- The department provides extension services to farmers to adequately inform them on the new innovations in Agriculture inputs, pest control, equipment, tools e.t.c