The Nation Newspaper AFDB, others vote additional $1b to fund SAPZS in 24 states
administration in its investment drive, as the African Development Bank , Islamic Development Bank and the International Fund for Agricultural Development , have voted $1 billion to further deliver special agro-industrial processing zones in 24 states of Nigeria.
Delivering his speech titled, “From Dakar to Des Moines,” Dr. Adesina noted that the decision to pump such huge funds into Nigeria’s agribusiness was part of the resolve to develop Special Agro-Industrial Processing Zones in 13 countries. Dr. Adesina regretted that while much progress had “been made in African agriculture, 283 million people still go to bed hungry in Africa, about a third of the 828 million people that suffer hunger globally.”
According to him, “a nation falls or rises fundamentally due to the quality of its leadership. Right now Africa is blessed with quite a handful of quality leaders that have the drive, passion and skills set to redefine the meaning and concept of modern leadership.AfDB, other partners vote additional $1bn to fund Nigeria’s SAPZs in 24 states
“Luckily, we have already procured the heat tolerant variety of wheat seeds and we are going to drive that process by supporting the farmers with the heat tolerant variety, agricultural extension services, fertilizer and also hope to increase the irrigation areas to 1 million hectares in the next cropping cycle.
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