BUSINESSDAY, 07 MAY, 2012

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How 10 invest in poultry hatchet'(

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Exploring finonce oppoIIUnities fur 5MEs

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Cassava bread produc'tiorl on ]1.....-............ track, but bakers nee h Ip

St..... by SIAKA MOMOH Industry Edtior

much eouced Ilerian C•• HVI brud i. already In che merlel, 11

carpnte bU;en . l1J'C NIpN pte. baker 01 UTC Bread, and Food Concepu pic. baker of Buner6e&d Brad. Th_ two bMzrs are cunmdy tpendlna fortunu maldna1t happen, and hne made c:oruWeBb&e

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Corporate bakers want import duty waiver ror magic solutions, a vital component for cassava bread production. Small bakers wam equipment and !raining. wIllie cassava growers want ea.<y access to land. from !he date 01 our lollhl trial, we wet"e able 10 aod in Febn.y

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propeJS In re.pea of ,hi,

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Gove..-nment ha. beln puIbin&'" miI:-.n 0120 petUnl induMon 01 c:asuva Bow - derived &om • crop widrty pown kK:ally _ and !he mIuakIn oIlhe knponed whell componene In che mU::lnc 01 breed. wid! • vWw 10 Avina iignIlkant forel",

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commadal rtdpe lor White 8re ld Ind Wbeal Crain Brud,. with 20 percenl hi&h ~c-.. Oaur incbioo..

We ..Ito at.odardlaed and ~o..-Caksand

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Ota»)' Bed Roll recipe wiIb 3Op. _ _ ....,quaI&y~

flnwlnduoion.

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loa! caSAYa mad:ft. .. wei ..

·Wllh our monlhl, cont.umpdon 01 hJcb qUllny

1TfC ..... AI the recent launch of ~ brad in Abuja. Ihfte corponltc bU.cn and other rNr,ed ~ IMrd Ol§ !he profp1!:M repon 01 c:a--. brnd. FoIwo O&anfyan. CEO. trrC NiFN. poe" MlIXIUJ1I 01 herc:otnpW1(J ~wirh her ~IO pRJ(b:ecasA'\.. tn.l Accordlnl to her. UTe enviuged move to produce elnlVI bread would be IUClDNIfui, and .. • dew pKtUre 01 up-In our minda.." lITC _ puaiorwe

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l TC haa .uccellfully repLlCed ...~ IDW" (:ORten! In n-II jwI brNd, builn beef

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pl..- aoluanu. milt bread, pail au IHin, cooldu., and bu'l,u rolls (12 producu In IOIAI Lall with.In Ihree mooIhs. Allltlied producu Wf!re OQ diJp.,. In AbutL aod are IOId In all \II'C nul 0Ullm In me l..aeL-1 rnaropotiI. • J ilourdftlre lOopenreld DUlL.... in Ahuja. where dw: wid! r.np of CUAVI-bued produas would be IOId 10 me

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.tJouI. iu pi despke the ilia thai II wu un,we of how or when theM JO&b would be achieved The company

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.65I1OD1,._canbenpdlld_ dwt hiIheM IlIInRIrD« at

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.nIUIld these obIUdeL IX loot riN.J and II peid ott Oianfyan ~ "Attn

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92 crill, and limos' three

Non·oil export

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lpria made N4i1 tMlllon from non -

011 exporl In the la .. aile year, Olwegun Apnp. m1niIler of a-ade and invntment. said lilt lbw5day. Thll fell, IccordinB 10 him. was adlleved throuab proaaJve tnIdc. poIida and lncendvab ooo-oUapons Introduced by the MlniIuy 01

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thal Nllerta b.d .chie...ed I relatively hllh le ... el of iotemadonal peneu-ation.

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nao.'"....ide, Including Abuja.c CoNiIwa 011 fIIIr 13

Nigeria records N428bn in one year - Aganga ... free trade zones generate N1.7tm investments He apol:e lU !he mlniIlerial pillrorm orllnlHd by the

Mlnillry or Inrormllion to mArk President Coodluck Jonathan administration', ODe yeu In office. Heuid: ~ln 2011. NiFU a:poned OOQ-oU producu 10 103 countries and IftrilOriH OUI of 220 . Tbll Ihowl ,llolHant Impro ...emeol o .... r the pre ...lnu. year • .

lbere hat been aD increue In noo-oU uporl 10 S2.765 billion (N428bn II NISSIS). repracollnB an lncre.ue of 19pm:enL~

Tbe mlnilier added thac the Expo" Expan.lon GI"I.Dl (UC) wu attkaJ 10 the powth of the Nlleriln upon matht, ..yinl ~we bnoe bad wide ron.wattoN acrO" In Indwuy lfouPI

wltblo Ole value c.baln of each commodity, and new JWdeUne OIl EEG It ezpeaed .....Oy:

He ,Iso disclosed that actual Inve'lmenll In NIBert,', free uade tOnes curr.ody atood II SlI _1 bllUon, addlnl thai 15,120 new jaM had been (fealed

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CivIJlI the bft&kdown 01

lnno- inlO

inyulmenl In !he Ian one

Tnlde Zone In IUven Stale had alual:led invUlmenl worth 16 bWkMl. notin& thaI Inveatment commllmeata in the fTl were wonh 16.7 blWon In !he LaM ane year. AI:cordiat to him. other FTZ acron the country under the Nllula Expon PTocadnt: ZoQa Aulboriry alto pn~ted $4. 4 bUUoa

If c 'lrrenLi), reviewinl Ihe ope ratioDI of !he FTZa to

the inV't:itmm1

dW! FTZI. tbe mlnJ.rer . .ted IhM theOnneOll we. Pr..

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of 1 rad. alld InvetiDlent maJ,.!hem mort functionaL (' .... r.lI. AlaDla laid NII':lla hid secured over Ni.1 arlllloll inyellment c.ommlbnenu over Iha Iut one as ·tbe breakdown of Ihe lotal In ... eltmenl

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