Kaduna, 5 Other States To Benefit From $200m World Bank Agro Intervention — Leadership Newspaper

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Kaduna, Lagos, Kano, Cross River, Kogi and Enugu states are to benefited from the 200 million dollars appeals project of the World Bank Agro intervention.

The intervention is part of measured which is aimed at enhancing agro-processing, productivity and livelihood.

The State Coordinator of the project, Dr. Yahya Aminu made the disclosure during the opening ceremony of a one day sensitization workshop in Kaduna yesterday.

According to him, the project is in line with the Agricultural Promotion Policy which focuses on food security, local production, job creation and economic diversification.

“the objective of the project is to enhance agricultural productivity of small and medium scale farmers and improve value addition along priority value chains that are Diary, Ginger, and Maize for Kaduna state.

” This will be achieved through supporting farmers’ productivity and their linkage to markets”.

He further explained that it will facilitate agricultural…



Source: Leadership Newspaper