Fish farmers during the empowerment programme put together for them by the Federal Cooperative College, Ibadan, Oyo state in collaboration with a lawmaker representing Irepodun/Olorunda/Orolu/Osogbo federal constituency, Honourable Olubukola Oyewo, in Osogbo, Osun State recently.
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The Special Agricultural Processing Zone (SAPZ), a laudable initiative of the African Development Bank (AFDB) implemented in 18 African countries is expected to gulp $538 million in Nigeria with funding from the AfDB and the Islamic Development bank.
Many who celebrate this initiative may not know that this project was initiated and launched in 2013 as Staple Crop Processing Zone (SCPZ) by the then Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development and the current President of AfDB, Dr Akinwumi Adesina.
The project was flagged off by Dr Adesina in Alape, Kabba Bunu, Kogi State in January 2013. The first crop targeted was cassava in Alape, to be managed by Cargil American Food Processing Company. The target was to generate N14.5 billion income.
Adesina envisaged that the developed Zone would produce 62,000 mts of starch, 45,000 mts of sweeteners to replace some of the sugar used, contributing the sum of N14. 5 billion income as well as create additional 8000 jobs for the youths”
He said “Nigeria is the number one producer of cassava in the wo
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