Akinwumi Adesina |
African Development Bank
(AfDB) in collaboration with the Federal Government will spend $174m on
production of rice, sorghum and cassava in Nigeria under the
Agricultural Transformation Agenda Support Programme-Phase 1 (ATASP-1).
The national coordinator of the programme,
Engineer H. K Akwashiki, who stated this in Kano at a zonal planning
meeting, said the programme would be implemented in seven states of
Kano, Jigawa,Niger, Kebbi, Sokoto, Enugu and Anambra.
Engineer Akwashiki said that it will cover
28 local government areas of the selected states, 194,426 square
kilometers and engaged a population of 32 million farmers.
Akwashiki said the programme was intended to achieve agriculture development, commodity value chain development and management.
He said that three youths training centres
will be constructed in Kubwa (FCT), Onnain Rivers and Minjibir in Kano
State to build on the entrepreneurship skills and capacities of youths,
with a view to introducing them to agribusinesses.
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