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Boosting rice, cashew, cassava farming in Kogi


Tricycles facilitated by Kogi APPEALS for cashew farmers in Ochaja community
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Sun Jul 18 2021
The Agro-Processing, Productivity Enhancement and Livelihood Support (APPEALS) Project is jointly supported by the World Bank, the Federal Government of Nigeria and the Kogi State Government.
The objective of the project is to enhance the agricultural productivity of small and medium scale farmers and improve the value addition along priority value chains of rice, cashew and cassava.
The project, which is headed by the coordinator in Kogi State, Dr Sanni Abdullahi Ozomata, took off in October 2018 while full implementation began in January 2019
According to Ozomata, the total hectares the project facilitated support for include rice, 993ha; cashew, 2,501ha and cassava, 1,044ha. ....

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Battle intensifies against food contaminants, export rejection


• As NSPRI, export promotion council, others train stakeholders
Some agencies and institutes of the Federal Government in food research and development have moved to stem rejections of exports of food and industrial crops of Nigerian origin by training farmers, aggregators and exporters in the best agricultural practices during planting, farm maintenance, harvest and post-harvest periods.
The stakeholders were trained according to CODEX Alimetarius Commission and other international standards in Lagos, Kano and Port Harcourt in cocoa, cassava, yam, leafy vegetables, sesame seeds, tomatoes and palm oil, among others, with much emphasis on planting, storage and preservation good practices.
Facilitators harped on advantages of penetrating international markets such as earnings in forex, balance of trade and employment opportunities for value chain actors, deepening of crop production as demand increases both at home and globally. ....

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