President of the African Development Bank Group (AfDB), Dr Akinwumi Adesina, has called for accelerated efforts to expand food production in Nigeria, lower the price of food commodities, eliminate food import dependency, and support local farmers in Nigeria to feed Nigeria.
Adesina stated this on Saturday during the commissioning of the Call Servant to Sight (CSS) Global Integrated Farm Soybean Refinery Mill, in Gora, Nasarawa State.
The former Minister of Agriculture said Nigeria should have bold programmes and policy support for its farmers as well as provide incentives for agribusinesses to support agricultural value chains from food production to processing, value addition, packaging, and market supply.
The AfDB President also revealed that the Bank and its partners are supporting the Federal Government and are implementing a $538 million programme for the development of the special agro-industrial processing zones (SAPZs) in Cross Rivers, Imo, Oyo, Ogun, Kaduna, Kano, Kwara, and…
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