Apply for Lagos Agric Scholars’ Program 2025 (₦10 Million Prize)
LASP is a component of the State’s Agricultural Youth Empowerment Scheme designed to expose students to modern and urban agricultural skills as a complement of the theoretical aspects taught in the classroom.
Over 100 senior secondary schools and 3 correctional centres have benefitted from the programme since 2019 with value chains featured being Aquaculture, Goat/Poultry Rearing and Modified Vegetable production.
- The LASP project is a channel towards getting students excited about healthy eating, with a longer term view to seeing agriculture as a viable enterprise in the same category as engineering, medicine and law.
In a bid to also communicate with school children through an engaging medium, a comic book series showcasing the different initiatives in the agric space was also launched to fostering engagement of young minds in agriculture.
- In 2023 and 2024, the project was scaled from open field and fish tank aquaculture operations to a smart aquaponics units, an innovative integrated agricultural technology.
- This was implemented in twelve (12) secondary schools and a correctional Centre in the State.
This year, 10 best schools that emerges from a competition on Vegetable production will be supported with net houses for all season production.
- Over 1,000 School teachers have benefited from this program by improving their agricultural production and teaching skills.
- As part of the initiative, a statewide vegetable farming competition is now open to public and private senior secondary schools across Lagos.
- According to the ministry, schools stand a chance to win farm inputs and equipment worth up to N10 million
Eligibility Requirements
To qualify, interested school must possess the following criteria:
- Availability of minimum of 300sq.mts of farmland suitable for agricultural use.
- Accessibility of the land to the students and project monitoring officers.
- Access to adequate water supply.
- Availability of an in-house agricultural science teachers.
Application Deadline: July 26,2025
How to Apply
Interested applicant can apply via this link:
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