The youths were trained in their various centres in their chosen enterprises like cassava, cocoa, fishery and poultry farmers.
The SON inspected cassava processing centres located at Ako Nike in Enugu East LGA and Umueze Umaga Ezimo-Agu in Udenu LGA.
The IFAD country director said the annual review of COSOP would help to identify ways to enhance these results in 2026.
The Edo government has reiterated its commitment to sustaining and expanding the Livelihood Improvement Family Enterprises in the Niger Delta project.
The Value Chain Development Programme states that no fewer than 18,000 rice and cassava farmers in Ogun have benefited from its intervention.
Mr Igbaukum lamented that farmers in the state were grappling with post-harvest losses which was largely due to lack of storage facilities.
The strategies would include flood-tolerant rice varieties and other climate-smart agric technologies that would mitigate the effect of the flood on farmers.
The governor said banks should come up with policies to cut down on protocol and “undue demands” before granting a farmer loan.
