Nigeria, May 6 -- The Ekiti State Government on Tuesday said it is targeting 200,000 farmers for commercial livestock and is aiming to create 1.5 million jobs through the Livestock Productivity and Resilience Enhancement Project (L-PRES).

It also said it would boost livestock productivity, improve resilience, and commercialise selected value chain initiatives, including cluster formation across the state.

The state Commissioner for Agriculture and Food Security, Ebenezer Boluwade, said this at the five-day Training Workshop on Productivity and Technology Adoption Survey in Ado Ekiti.

L-PRES is a World Bank-supported project being implemented across 20 states of the federation in partnership with the Federal Ministry of Agriculture and ...