Kwara State

== Economy ==
Agriculture is the main source of the state's economy and the principal cash crops are :<ref>{{Cite web|title=Cash Crops - an overview {{!}} ScienceDirect Topics|url=https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/agricultural-and-biological-sciences/cash-crops|access-date=2022-02-25|website=www.sciencedirect.com}}</ref> [[cotton]], [[cocoa bean|cocoa]], [[coffee]], [[kola nut]], [[tobacco]], [[sesame]] and palm produce. Kwara state is home to [[Shonga Farms]], a product of the Back-to-Farm project of one of the past administrators of the state, Dr. [[Bukola Saraki|Abubakar Bukola Saraki]]. Shonga Farms is made up of 13 commercial farmers. [[Natural resource|Mineral resources]] in the state are Petroleum, [[Gold]], [[limestone]], [[marble]], [[feldspar]], [[clay]], [[kaolin]], [[quartz]] and [[Granite|granite rocks]],
and laterite found majorly in omuaran.
<ref>{{Cite web|last=Atulegwu|first=David|date=2020-09-08|title=List of Natural Mineral Resources Found in Kwara State|url=https://nigerianinfopedia.com.ng/natural-mineral-resources-found-in-kwara-state/|access-date=2020-09-22|website=Nigerian Infopedia|language=en-US}}</ref>

===Infrastructure===

*'''Hygiene and Sanitation'''

The government of Nigeria is increasingly aware of problems emanating from poor environmental sanitation, and Kwara state is working on improving its environment and sanitation.<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Adedibu|first=Afolabi A.|date=1986-03-01|title=Solid waste management and a new environmental edict: a case study from Ilorin, Kwara State, Nigeria|url=https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02240232|journal=Environmentalist|language=en|volume=6|issue=1|pages=63–68|doi=10.1007/BF02240232|s2cid=84938959|issn=1573-2991}}</ref> On September 22, 2020, the Kwara state governor officially commenced the 'Clean Kwara' Campaign to end open defecation and promote good [[hygiene]] in the state.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|last=Olesin|first=Abdullahi|date=2020-09-22|title=Nigeria: Abdulrazaq Launches Clean Kwara Campaign, to End Open Defecation|url=https://allafrica.com/stories/202009220758.html|access-date=2020-09-22|website=allAfrica.com|language=en}}</ref>  The state government is working to fix all the roads and waterways to ensure free water flow,<ref>{{Cite web|title=Environmental Sanitation: Govt assures of a clean Kwara, to supply waste receptacle containers – RoyalFM 95.1MHz, Ilorin|url=http://royalfm.net/environmental-sanitation-govt-assures-of-a-clean-kwara-to-supply-waste-receptacle-containers/|access-date=2020-09-22|language=en-US}}</ref> putting in efforts to ensure [[Water, Sanitation and Hygiene Monitoring Program|water sanitation]],<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|last=Alhaji|date=2019-11-19|title=Nigeria inaugurates water plants in Kwara State|url=https://constructionreviewonline.com/2019/11/nigeria-inaugurates-water-plants-in-kwara-state/|access-date=2020-09-22|website=Construction Review Online|language=en-US}}</ref> building [[toilets]] , and making clean water accessible.<ref name=":1" /> This is also to promote [[Sustainable Development Goals]] 3 & 6 (general access to safe and affordable drinking water and access to adequate and equitable sanitation, hygiene for all, and end [[open defecation]] by 2030)<ref name=":0" />