International Centre for Potatoes supports Boko Harran victims

  

presentation of OFSP to IDPs in New Kuchingoro Abuja

The International Center for Potatoes (CIP), Nigeria has joined in the humanitarian support rendered by Foreign and National donors and organizations to the Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) in Abuja with highly nutritional potatoes that is richer in vitamin A and beta-carotene.

presentation of OFSP to IDPs in New Kuchingoro school Abuja

 CIP is currently promoting and marketing a special variety of  vine produce called Orange-Fleshed Sweet Potatoes (OFSP), a health booster, with reach vitamin A and beta-carotene, an healthy edible for good health and more wealth creation for stakeholders of farmers and other processors of its derivatives in Nigeria  collaborating with  Agricultural  Rural and Management Training Institute of Nigeria (ARMTI), Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (FMARD), Raw Materials Research Development Council of Nigeria (RMRDC), and National Emergency Management  Agency(NEMA) who led the partners to the IDP locations in New Kuckingoro, Area 1 and Karishi Abuja.

presentation of OFSP to IDPs in  Karishi Abuja

The Country Rep/Technical Advisor, International Potato Centre,  Dr.  Peju Phorbee explained that the aim of the visit is to reach out to the victims of DIP by the Boko Haran from the North East of Nigeria presently living in Abuja saying more organizations should endeavor to take the opportunity in nutritional potency of OFSP to support these helpless Nigerians as the crop can boost immune system of people and also improved the state of their health against any diseases just as it good for sight improvement and pregnant women.

presentation of OFSP to IDPs in New Kuchingoro school Abuja

Dr. Phorbee added that “we are here to support with three tons of OFSP to the IDP camps as we will always repeat the intervention together with our partners team to train the women on how they can tap from the goldmine in OFSP production, processing and marketing to help themselves as doing this will assist in transforming them from the present economic condition to tapping the wealth opportunities in the crop as regards wealth and health creation”.

presentation of OFSP to IDPs in Area 1 Abuja

      

Mr.  Mayowa the Public Relation Officer Agricultural Rural & Management Training Institute of Nigeria (ARMTI) also disclosed to Food Farm News that his Institute was glad to be among the collaborators of the humanitarian support to the IDP pointed that the exercise has opened up a relationship between ARMTI and NEMA who are already in discussion of getting more supplies for IDPs across the country.

presentation of OFSP to IDPs in Karishi Abuja

The representative of the FMARD, and the Desk Officer Potato Value Chain Mrs. Justina  Udoson  urged the Federal Government to increase her  support for the OFSP Project  through proper funding so that it could  be used as a mean for sustainable health and wealth creation, and a platform to reach the DIPs  in Nigeria , she stressed that the Orange-Fleshed Sweet Potato is a project of the Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development and should be taken seriously due to its untapped potentials.

presentation of OFSP to IDPs in Karishi Abuja

Food Farm News also spoke with the heads of the IDP’s in various camps as Mr. Philemon Emmanuel, the chairman of the New Kuchigoro expressed appreciation on behalf of the displaced persons in his camp just as Mrs. Victoria Usman, spokesperson for the Askira Uba Local government, Borno state,  the female leader Orozo, Karishi district and Mr. Sunday Wamba the general IDP leader karishi all joined in the appreciation spirit to CIP and the rest partners.