UK Agritech centre to establish agritech hub in Oyo
The Oyo State Government is set to benefit from a partnership with the United Kingdom Agritech Centre to enhance agriculture and livestock production through science and other technology-based solutions.
The Centre is also set to establish an Agritech Hub within one of the state’s Agribusiness Industrial Hubs, which will help revolutionise agriculture and provide practitioners with resources and opportunities for technological innovations in farming practices.
The Executive Adviser to the state governor on Agribusiness, Debo Akande, disclosed this on Monday during a visit by the UK delegation to Governor Seyi Makinde in Ibadan.
Olanrewaju explained that the construction of the Agritech Centre is a funded project that will benefit the state.
The delegation, which comprised agribusiness experts, academics, and heads of other organisations within the UK Agritech Centre, was led by the Director of the UK Department of Business and Trade in Nigeria, Mr Mark Smithson.
Speaking shortly after the delegation met with Makinde, Akande stated that the visit aimed to explore trade expansion and opportunities between Oyo State and the UK.
He said, “This is a visit of the United Kingdom delegates, who came to speak with the governor about the expansion of trade and the opportunity that exists through a new initiative like what we have with AGOA and the American government. The British government also has that.
