10,000 farmers to benefit from World Bank-assisted project in Lagos vanguardnews
No fewer than 10,000 farmers in Lagos State are to benefit from the World Bank-assisted agricultural scheme, under the Agro-processing, Productivity Enhancement and Livelihood Improvement Support, APPEALS, project.
He said the project is aimed at attaining large-scale production and processing of rice, eggs, poultry and fish and ultimately to boost food production in Lagos.Still speaking on the Lagos’ s farmers project, Lawal said: “We expect 35 percent of the beneficiaries to be women, while 10 percent would go to people with disabilities and the rest 55 percent to youths.”
“The roadmap also addresses the issue of wholesomeness of food items, reduction in post-harvest losses, improving linkages with industry in respect to backward integration as well as access to financial services and markets.”
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