NIGERIA LAUNCHES $538 MILLION AFDB SUPPORTED SAPZ TO COVER EIGHT STATES

Nigeria took another bold step in the efforts to promote agriculture and increase food production in country on Tuesday. At a ceremony in Kaduna State, the federal government launched the $538 million agro-industrial drive that will cut across eight states. The Special Agro-Industrial Processing Zones (SAPZ) programme is backed by the African Development Bank, AfDB…

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EUDR:FAO SUPPORTS RESTORATION OF DEGRADED 18,000 HECTARES OF LAND IN ONDO AND CROSS RIVER FOR COCOA, OIL PALM CULTIVATION

The Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) Climate Change Specialist, Ms. Nifesimi Ogunkua, on Monday, revealed plans to restore 18,000 hectares of degraded land in Cross River and Ondo states for sustainable cocoa and oil palm cultivation, to attract $200 million in investments to the value chain in Nigeria. Ogunkua disclosed this during a four-day FAO…

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