Lagos govt produces eco-friendly solar-powered kiosks for farmers

The State Acting Commissioner for Agriculture, Ms Abisola Olusanya, made this known at the weekend while on an inspection tour of her ministry’s facilities at Oko Oba, Agege.

She explained that the solar-powered kiosk, which would be distributed to the farmers at next Value Chain Empowerment Programme of the state government later this month,

was a self-functioning system.

According to her, the kiosk will not only produces its own energy but also add energy to charge other products, making it essentially environmental friendly.

She said the solar-powered kiosk was the brainchild of the World Bank Assisted Agro-Processing, Productivity Enhancement and Livelihood Improvement Support (APPEALS) Project whose core interventions are food security, agro-export potentials and livelihood improvement.

“The APPEALS Project which is being spearheaded by our programmes coordinator here under the World Bank Assisted Programme has continued to put Lagos State on the map.

“They have made some kiosks, solar-powered which we have come to see and inspect. The kiosks are supposed to aid our value chains empowered programme which is taking place sometime this July to see how that can also help our stakeholders in the value chains.

“Looking at the kiosks, the build-up is very impressive; you can put your refrigerator and some cold chain elements in it. Looking at that, it is also bringing to bear the need for the ministry and the state government to do much more for stakeholders especially around market access which is what these kiosks would do,” the commissioner stated.

She asserted that the kiosks were potential revenue earners and savers for small businesses especially farmers with perishable food as they would help them keep their businesses open for a longer period than they would have if there was no means of electricity.

Olusanya disclosed that the kiosks, in addition to producing renewable energy, would also disperse clean energy while excess power is distributed through the main grids which allow for charging of other devices such as refrigerators and other gadgets.

The Acting Commissioner also visited the LASCODA coconut seedlings production project site at Oko-Oba, Agege to assess the progress made so far in the production of urban-friendly coconut seedlings for distribution to the 57 Local Governments (LGs) and Local Council Development Areas (LGAs) for the Year 2020 Tree Planting Day.

“At the Farm Service Center, we went to see the activities of the Coconut Development Authority, with the initiative of the tree planting exercise which is to commence on July 14th.

“The idea at the beginning of the year was to plant over 114,000 coconut trees. For that to happen, seed nuts were procured, planted and in a space of six to nine months, we should have seedlings that we should be able to distribute to our 57 Local Governments across the state.

“The essence of this exercise is first and foremost to see how far we have gone in that direction and then to see what else needed to be done to ensure that that initiative is brought to bear,” the commissioner said.

 

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