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AGRICULTURAL RESOUCES AND INVESTMENT OPPORTUNITIES
There are varieties of agricultural produce in the State. These agricultural produce constitute a springboard for the establishment of various agro-allied industries.
Osun State is at a threshold of agrarian and industrial revolution. The State Government has invested and continues to invest heavily in agriculture with the intention of mass production of various crops for direct human consumption and industrial utilization. This, coupled with the agro-allied provision of an investment-friendly environment has set the stage for massive agro-allied industrial investment in the State.
FOREST RESOURCES
s/n |
Reserve Name |
Area of Reserve (Ha) |
Total Area Under Reservation (Ha) |
1 |
Ago-Owu |
24847 |
24847 |
2 |
Ede |
1344 |
1344 |
3 |
Ejigbo |
314 |
314 |
4 |
Ife |
8383 |
8383 |
5 |
Ikeji |
147 |
147 |
6 |
Ikeji-Ipetu |
4849 |
4849 |
7 |
Ila |
131 |
131 |
8 |
Oba Hills |
5225 |
5225 |
9 |
Oni |
3953 |
3953 |
10 |
Osogbo |
594 |
594 |
11 |
Shasha |
30834 |
23064 |
The available trees in Osun State forest reserves include: Chlorophora excelsa, Terminalia superba, Antiaris africana, Tectona grandis, Gmelina arborea, etc. They are useful for production of timber, billet, tooth picks, particleboards, electric poles, furniture, match sticks, etc.
WATER RESOURCES
The main water resources of the State include the following:
1. Ede, Asejire, Oba, Osun 2,400 HA
2. Owalla, Okinni, Erinle 2,300 HA
3. Eko-Ende, Otin 297 HA
4. Esa-Odo 50.18 HA
5. Ede-Erinle 50 HA
6. Iwo-Oba/Osun 50 HA
Apart from these, there is a waterfall at Erin-Ijesa which can serve as a springboard for the establishment of a water-bottling industry.
LIVESTOCK/ANIMAL POPULATION
The estimated livestock/animal population in the State is as follows:
EXPORTABLE AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS IN OSUN STATE
Cereals
Maize, Rice. Animal feed, Poultry feed, Corn flakes, Com starch, Industrial starch.
Roots and tubers
Yam, Cassava, Sweet potato, Cocoyam. Gari, Industrial starch, Cassava flour, Yam flour. Industrial starch.
Fruits and Vegetables
Fruits
Oranges, Grape, Fruit, Lemon, Tangerine, Plantain, Banana, Mango, Pineapple, Pawpaw, Guava, Bread Fruit, Walnut, Chrysophyllum, Albidum (agbalumo), Invingia gabonensis (Apon).
Vegetables
Pepper, Tomato, Amaranthu (tete), Okro, Melon, (Celocynthis citrulus) Waterleaf (Talinum), Bitter leaf, Egg plant Fluted Pumpkin (Telfaria occidentalis) Celosis (Sokoyokoto) Corchorus Clitorius (Ewedu) Tomato Puree, Pepper sauce. Tomato canning, Vegetable processing.
Legumes
Cowpea, Groundnut. Groundnut oil, Cowpea Flour. Vegetable oil.
Industrial Crops
Cotton, Walnut, Sugarcane.
Tree crops
Cocoa, Kolanut, Coconut, Oil Palm, Raffia palm, Cashew. Cocoa Powder, Cocoa butter, Palm oil, Palm kernel oil, Broom, Palm Wine, Kolanut Wine. Cocoa Industry, Palm oil processing, Plam kernel oil processing, Wine bottling.
Forests and Shrubs
Chlorophora Excelsa Teminalia Superba, Antiaris africana, Tectona grandis, Ginelina arborea, Cordia Milleni, mahogany, Parkia biglobosa, Gliricidia sepium, Adansonia digitata etc. Timber, Paper Products, Ruler, Furniture, Billet, Tooth Picks, Particle Board, Electric pole, match sticks, asbestos. Sawmilling, Furniture making, Ruler making, Particle Board Production, match production Asbestos Production.
Livestock and Fisheries
Livestock
Rabbit, Poultry, Cattle, Sheep, Goat, Pig. Eggs, Meat, bone, animal skin, Blood meal. Tannery.
Fisheries
Tilapia, Clarias, Heterotis, Channa, Cymnarchus Momurus, Heterobranchus carpio Chrysicthyis, Hepseus, Oreochromis, Oboscura Cternopoma etc. Fishes.
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