Deadline: Ongoing
Applications are open for the Lagos Agripreneurship Programme (LAP) 2026. The Lagos Agripreneurship Programme (LAP) is an intervention programme aimed at training young people in modern agricultural practices to showcase the possibilities in the Food Systems using training, internship, and mentorship platforms. This is in line with the role of the Ministry of Agriculture and Food Systems in the T.H.E.M.E.S Plus Developmental Agenda of the State Government which includes Capacity Building, Employment Generation, and promotion of Food Security, among others.
Applications are now invited from suitable candidates for placement into a One-Month Training in Poultry, Piggery, Aquaculture, Vegetable Value Chains, E-Agric, and Agribusiness at the Agricultural Training Institute, Araga, Epe. After the Training, participants will also undergo a three (3) month Internship and Mentorship phase with select commercial farms in their chosen value chains.
Benefits
The L.A.P. is a training programme geared towards:
- Equipping youths with agribusiness skills, fostering a new generation of agripreneurs
- Mitigating unemployment and poverty by providing viable career opportunities in agriculture.
- Establishing a network of trained agripreneurs.
Additionally, a transport stipend of ₦15,000 (Fifteen Thousand Naira) will be paid to participants upon completion of the training phase. Also, the Government will provide a monthly stipend of ₦20,000 (Twenty Thousand Naira) to participants during the three-month Internship and Mentorship Phase.
Upon successful completion of the programme’s two phases, participants will undergo enterprise activation.
Eligibility
Young people with a passion for agriculture, who must:
- Possess a minimum of Senior Secondary School Certificate.
- Have a satisfactory physical/health condition.
- Be between the ages of 18-30.
- Have LASRRA Number
Application
For more information, visit Lagos Agripreneurship Programme.
