The Ondo State Government says it has trained and empowered about 90 youths across the state in modern poultry farming.
The Chairman of the Ondo State Agribusiness Empowerment Centre, Rotimi Akinsola, said to newsmen this Monday, that the trainees were participants in the ongoing agricultural programme known as the Adiye Irorun Programme of the state government, targeted at providing employment for youths and women.
Akinsola said participants passed through a structured process that included careful screening and selection, intensive training in poultry farming, and hands-on practical experience at designated farm centres and at the end of each cycle, birds are sold, the cost of production is recovered by the government, and profits are shared among participants.
He also said the programme operates across the three senatorial districts of the state, with established centres in each district to ensure inclusivity and accessibility that hundreds of youths and women had earlier benefitted.