Apply for Akwa Ibom’s Homegrown Agriculture Awards

The Akwa Ibom State Government is now accepting applications for its Homegrown Agriculture Awards, a programme designed to celebrate residents who strengthen food security through farming at home, in schools or within their communities.

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Aim Who can apply Benefits Eligibility criteria Application requirements Deadline

Aim

The initiative encourages residents to grow crops or raise fish using any available space—backyards, small plots, school grounds or improvised farm areas.

Its goal is to make farming an everyday practice, boost household food availability and promote a culture where everyone contributes to agricultural development.

Who can apply

The awards are open to a diverse group of residents actively contributing to local food production, including:

Home Farmers growing cassava, maize, yam, vegetables, and other staples
Fish Farmers running small or large fishponds around their homes
Youth Farmers building small agricultural ventures within their living environment
School Farm Managers, including teachers and students involved in school-based crop or fish production

These categories ensure that individuals, families and institutions all have a pathway to participate.

Benefits

Selected participants will receive formal recognition from the state government—an endorsement that elevates their work, enhances visibility and encourages continued community farming.

Eligibility criteria

Applicants must:

Be residents of Akwa Ibom State.
Be actively involved in home-, school- or youth-based farming.
Demonstrate consistent crop or fish production.
Show clear contributions to household or community food supply.
Provide documentation or a description of their farming space and output.

These criteria ensure that genuine, ongoing agricultural activity is central to the programme.

Application requirements

Applicants should submit a description of their farming activities, including the crops grown or fish produced.
Proof of activity—such as photos, brief records, or a simple explanation of the farm’s scale and purpose—is required

Submissions must also demonstrate how their efforts support food availability at home or within their community.