The Nigerian government said it has set up plans to establish 142 agro-processing centres across the country, with one centre in each senatorial district of the six geo-political zones.
The Minister of Information, Lai Mohammed, alongside the Agriculture and Rural Development Minister, Sab Nanono, said this in Abuja on June 3 while briefing journalists on the implementation of the program titled “The Green Imperative” program, a Nigeria-Brazil bilateral agriculture development program.
As reported by the Minister of Information, the programme, worth US$1.2 billion, is expected to be implemented over a period of 5-10 years with funding coming in from different international groups. Recently, the government lost so much in the oil sector due to the coronavirus pandemic that has affected the whole world, creating more concerns for economic diversification.
With the federal government’s plan of establishing agro-processing centres across the country, Nigeria will be able to address the issues of post-harvest loss that has been a major challenge to many farmers. The project can add up with SAPZs program from AFDB to revolutionise the agricultural sector in Nigeria.
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