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The SmartSoil Project team made a successful advocacy visit to the Ministry of Agriculture and Food Security in Ondo State. Led by Co-Project Leader Prof. Busari Mutiu, the team introduced the SmartSoil Project and presented the GeaGrow app to Honorable Commissioner of Agriculture, Hon Olayato Aribo, and his cabinet members.

The Commissioner was impressed with the innovation and thanked the European Union for sponsoring the project. He pledged to support the adoption of the app by all agro-stakeholders in the state. The Permanent Secretary, Mrs Foluke Tunde Daramola, also expressed enthusiasm about the app's potential to address food security challenges in the state.

The visit was a huge success, with the Programme Manager of ODSADP, Mr Ogunleye Babajide, inviting the project team to train extension agents in the state on using the app. The state actors of the ministry of agriculture expressed willingness to market the tool to all farmers in the state.

Ondo State has been proactive in promoting agriculture and food security. Recently, the state government distributed 1,200 tonnes of palliative grains to livestock farmers.Governor Lucky Aiyedatiwa has also emphasized the importance of agriculture in the state's development agenda.
Olusegun Folorunso ICIPE - International Centre of Insect Physiology and Ecology Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta - FUNAAB, Nigeria SmartSoil Project Ng Emma Femi