Minutes of Meeting Held with NERICA Extension Agents & Farmers

                                                                                                                                 
OGUN STATE AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME (OGADEP)
Multinational Nerica Rice Dissemination Project(MNRDP)
Meeting with extension  agents and farmers representatives.

Minutes of meeting

The meeting was held at the OGADEP Headquarters on Thursday, 7th of April 2011. The meeting started at 10.00am with an
 opening prayer said by Pastor Bode Adenekan. This was followed with self introduction by all participants. The meeting
 was anchored by the desk officer, Mr. A. O.Osiyoye, He tendered apologies on behalf of   the Programme Manager for
 inability to be physically present at the meeting due to other official engagements. The desk officer briefed the
 participants on the purpose of the meeting.
 In attendance were Ms.T.O.Ayansanwo (OGADEP Head of Extension), Pastor Bode Adenekan (Ogun State RIFAN  Chairman),
 Mr. J.O. Israel ( Ultimate Food Nig.Ltd), Mr. Tade Adeneye JP.( Rice Miller), Mr. Akinniyi Olufemi ( JDPC Project officer)
, Mr. D.O.Onigbinde (Nerica M.& E. officer), Mr. T.Odunoye ( Nerica Accountant),Extension Agents working on Nerica Rice
Project, and  representatives of Nerica Rice farmers from different Local Government Areas across Ogun State. A total of 33 participants was recorded, excluding officers from the Desk office.
It was a one-day programme, and issues discussed included the following

    This year Planting: Seed availability & Quantity required for  planting by each farmer
    Recovery of Debts
    Farmers’ Sustainability Account
    Running of expected  Nerica Rice Mill: P-P-P Arrangement
    Information on the development of MOU for the Rice Mill
    Need for regular meeting of the Desk office with farmers
    Extension Phase of Nerica-1
    Information on Field Equipments
The Desk officer also elucidated salient issues in the Communiqué issued at the Implementation Review Workshop
 held between 13 – 16th February, 2011 in Akwanga, Nazarawa State.

Resolutions
    Farmers with the NERICA Rice Seeds should submit samples for Viability Test through the EAs on or before Friday 15th April, 2011.
The under listed farmers are some of those that are still having seeds which we believe can still be distributed for this year planting programme once the  viability are confirmed by the Quality Control Officer.

S/N    Name of Farmer     Available Qty of Seed
                                                     ( mt)
1    Pastor Bode Adenekan        1.00
2    Mr. Nureni Farombi              1.20
3    Mr. Sikiru Popoola              1.00
4    Mr. Adams Elegbede            1.00
5    Mr. Taairu                             0.45
    Total                                      4.65

    It was resolved at the meeting that the Desk office should be convening this kind of meeting four (4) times
in a year with NERICA Rice Farmers and Extension Agents.

    The Desk office was asked to expedite action on the conduct of rice processing training programme with NCRI

    The marketer resolved that grains would be collected from the rice mill once the operations are concluded.