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Busili e SSWEEK
JULY 9, 2012
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Lagos repositions agric sector for food self-sufficiency Stories by !ME 00 .
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p State is .rhi II to feed iu ,ro","ing POPII"dotL II !S III. wwkinI to nmn hit "by tIM: YlNt 2815., tIM: shrolf! an produce at tease. Z5-JIt per eml of to food
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ACCOfdJII8 to tbI ConunlSSloocr of Agneuhure and (oopc:rallves. Pnnee Gbolabm u....i. to! mtc IS Uden5lfymg cfbu 10 1OCe8K Igri:ultunl prodI.actl,,"y 10 cnM'e rood sccunly_ To be JbIe 10 lei XVo' uus. !he COO1rIlISSIOnc:r apIamed tbIl.moil iI ~ ago. the nunISU)' rcoewed ttl Oxnl ulnxnt 10 the .ctucvement of the food ·ccu 1W targets of the 10". cmment by deve:~ : • policy code named; "The Stratqc Pt-lfp1 mfM for Aocclcratcd
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U1nJ gil! the rnrnll) lOcus ofSPAAG IS agrKuln ra j producllYlly and rmuce. dcpcndc:no: on 1IJ"oncd food. lie saxl " We bel e\ e and e:xpec1 thai SPAAG _m ~ Oflt: IOCOndary $plfM)ff dTeds In tbe .au 01 .rub ~ ao;I the dlflllDalJOn (!( IIY.lflCenaes ICroI!IlIi produce ~1Ilue ChallIS Il!t:.II18 from adrmmstrattYc 10 IncmlSIC
lSSOCaalod transponauon Iogl5OcI 10 enable farmm 10 get their produce 10 the marltel moo: effICIently. Through thIS progrvmne.. \Ve have JUCCC5!lfully n:habiltlatcd 22...S kin of rurallCCeSS roads spread over 10 c:ommuruties In the stale.. We Ita\'\! abo c:ompIet.ed the 1IlSIllI.~ of tJanSfQm'ICQ ., 10 additoW commurulieS 10 undenan our total axnnul· mcnl ., the promotKlO of lIfO UldustnaI development m the sutc.. The roads WIU
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SPAAG w,U tep05dlOf the: stale'S agncuJturaJ 5CCIOI' UI the kina len n .... In the: pmcesI. hdp 10 dlvaslfy lbe X'-.nomy axt revmue "'" of ...... SUI~ '"To puI the- cobte r~...lJOIUDi dnw: uoo 1:ilXMa1, • n aJrn::D'r c:stunatcd Ihrol the SY&c's daily lOud tiD IS bctwc:cn N3 billion md NS biUKIIl, significant J*1 ofttus cndmg up outsde.he ;ute. .....-..1 apIaancd lb_ SPAAG " .. not I map: -KI. .,.. "'till d m1y be dfccuve by on IRIS of CC~\I'C. competi. ~ ~ h1 Joc.o-cconormc .dvant.w:s like In fllh::ne .. bvestock. vegetabk: procU:ooa M """ell • •~ wilb ~ 00 r.:e &ad IIIDIiVlL For bcncr effective • • and ~ bon. tilt: pnl8IWT~ i, IlIgned With the AgncuJuaI Trm,fonnateon AgaxJa of tilt: F""'" GomnmmL In ItS quest few Ii ood ~ f«lffK:K!UC)' and tilt: need 10 m&c aood lISe of lvailable land re.ourca.. the ""llC' established farm e5WI:S In dtffcrenl par J .,fthe.-atc:.. One of the ~ the Erikorodo Poullf)' Eswe. _-t.c:h ,..,. CJllU1JS5KJOCd n:a:nlly. accmhng 10 tum.wocld bnng about tdf--suf· flC.aJC)' ill duckcn pi d IdIon.. "Up anmdy a). ...IIDCI about 210,000 mc:tnc lOOSof chirkco ellery year To compIemmI the pouItty limn !SU1cs. tbcr-e IS I 2.000bird capacity ptJt"CSd. plant and I 10.000bud ClpKIty broiler hJllie," he said. la'lll-al sui !he poutry ex~ to
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supply of tnpUti and evacuauon of
fium pn:iduce,.. tht: c:ommt5&tOf1Cr swcd.. Recently. tile swe Signed I Mononndwl of Undentandi:ng (Moll) With the SonghaJ
tn.$OeS of the IOCtclJes ..t otbcr 5lIkddd- rwitional value," lawai said. en on coopcrauve p1OCIpks. modem book Moo::so, two cottage no:: mills Igve bem Itccptn& c:otrcprmeuntup ..t Ink:met coop- ~ 10 ~ tota1 nc:e IdJVIbOn 10 cnuve InIdmg 1CUvtties. 1,000 hectares !ius plantina sc.:n Apan from in&cnsJfymg produc:tlve r.ma'l The stale IS Uso c:oIlabonung W1tb the fed.. ICUviues, the !We his abo puI m pI.ce d1C en! govmmaIl ..t the world t:.nk m the Development SIta1ep: food SIOI1IF reserve JlI"OIPUWTIC 10 Conuncn::l1l Agnculrun: get ~Iies from ocher ~ of the ttate and Pro;tccts (CADP) m tine value ebunsofrioe, process II for dastributaon. poultry .... "l""""...... ognouI-
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liShmmt of. 20.000 IOns per ...." apaaty no:: proc::emng mIll • Imoca ID lkon:du. 10 s-SdY nee.. Tbc oohty,..,. oormus,tOned recently by Govanor Bablnmde Fashola and lhe MlnlSla" or SIiLe for AgncullW"e, AIhIJI Bubr TipnL. -rhe ~ oct from the r.c&ory ~ faVCll.nbly With UIlpOrtCd tnods U1 am of kd: .-.d procell
twaI proWction and empoo,1IU small I!ld mcdiwn talc fll"lnl.n. By pmmpdy paytng rtI aJUIUer Jat fund, the collaboration has contuJUed on I fnutful path Improvmg business envvonrnen( forlIgI1C\Iltwe and pn;rvtdJna mRrI ~ for f""",,"S1fU the mccptaon ofCADP, the nurustty has madt! S1gruflClllt mvcstmenl5 m n-l.nd
deYdop agricuIl~ m Ibe state.. Tbc: c::ommJS5100cr saKi lhe stale has ahaIdy Ilkated 300 hectarc:s of '-net m Abta, B.dagry wIuch wuuId be IdCd 1:1 • ~ve I"C"g1OOaI a:ntre for the four· year mtegn.ted I8f1C devdopmelll pro-~
The proJCCI wlucb is ~ youths In the stale
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would focus on the traulmS of fanners on I ....'Ide ranae of technologies 10 boosI the producuon of ~ bb. nee and livacoc::k.. Dtrector of the Ccmrc. Father Godfrey NmmtlJO, said tht: project Yt'oldd unprove the quatlty ofhfe of the young peopk who would become self-employed Ifk:r the Inlfllnl.. lie saHi: ""The prograrm1C wtU provtde employment opportunities, cnpgl"l III IIlCt"CHItI8 oomber of bouscboIds m I vanc:ty of SI.ISWJ\Ibk ICUVibes thal geor:r* IlJXiI.. aary IOCOlllCS,. and WlU dnve the devdopmcot of c:ormwrutJc:S 1$ weU 15 contriwae 10 tht: ovc:raU
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produce IbauI I million egg:'! and 600,000 lIVe buds 1IJlI.IaII) . ... 1toIlS Iln:ady bm1 alJo.. CIkd 10 131 poultry f.men.. "Wc lie convmccd _ thIS ulilaatr "C will go I long way In addressms the • ,/;'or age ofducken In the JUde.,.. he added..
Abia farmers to get free rice, maize seeds u.so Tf. Mlrtbter of AgricaHUfT and Rural
Denlopmmt. Dr. AIdn~ml AdesiQ .. C>lia" CIi&MCS In! VC!l1able Eswe lyaafUl, has pnmiJcd Camtft""l I. AbiI StIIte s.dIpr. FISh Finn EsIa It Ketu Eleylll, that 111 ,000 or tIH:m 1IfilI bmdit from dte Epe. -.t Arabie cmpi ICI'llk"'~" The panmolt t .!SIab!l5hing modem Crumh Eahlncemenl SIIpport Scheme r..m KrVioe oet\lr.S. It ss the Stale The rust (CESS) or 1M FetkraI Gonmmenl tbis UI the Jr:nI:I ...... com nusaoncd It Oko-Oba. lie made dus mown m:cndy ., Umuahll Agegetwo month . • 1, ....-uh the I.tnloftn.m... more people In II . .unable food pmduc- dumg the ~(foftbe GESS and the offi. cIII procIamaOon of N J btlhon loans Abil bOn.
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The oormmSKnt:r imd the :serva:: centre ICOpC of support 5C"VICe!I 10 ~ i in tht: state In oob 10
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lis food «!Cf_rily pls.
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1Cn-.ce centre IS also 111 ended 15 I one-stop cmlrC: IhaI wdllCf\"e .~ wltlun..xl (JUl, ode the &lale ., (T1b"Cpr.!I1C\IIl&I and tnlinmg ICrVtoeS, sltll Cllhaj «meat and capacity bwldIns pI'OFIJIlmef of agncullW"Bl
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"Mr Prc:s.dc:nt has Ir1I1CUIOCd IbM JCCds be
gtva"l to eII-ery Ilngle: firmer Ih:at wants 10 do nt:e or II1UlZ for 1m:: U1 SO lcik»granme bI.gI ofocrufic:dna:~II¥I<40~btA of ceruftod roam: seed," he IUd. In tile ~ warnme aunc:d It bcneliltms poor he
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qlUlS. pttMstoo of m 1II.ct lIlformatJon. idYl' !Or)' WtIh meterolog) tqwpmc:nt." be saKi. The cen&Je is eqwppo I \,!th resoun:e penon-
GESS over five yean.. Con.ncndm& Abil for bong ~I I. paytng up Its counterplf1. fUnd for Fadarna..
neJ and IJXC1IdISl frt 111 Ius mmlSby_ The JbIe has . . . eitllbllShc:d I modem c:oopc:ntJ\'\! c:oIlexe .... \pge 10 tram staff.
the ITUlU5la"m:ogruscd thechallcngc: ofcrc:at· inS mcomes aod maea5UI8 benefits ror IU
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ofna: and aa&es of eggs dady On hlS part. the c::onumssioncr for A&nculttn. Ike Onyem'ieaku.. SItd: "our exlen$lOl\ set"YK:eS wiU be n:-UJIc::8I"IIc:d 10 offer u.Kful servICeS 10 OW" rannen." Onymwealcu noted that I huJC mw:strnm d commg 11'110 agncuIl~ m Abia and tIus 1$ JUSl about 10 beam IS the swe would become one: oftho&e 10 n:dcon ....1tb U1 agncultural pmduct1vtly. Governor Theodore Or)1 tcI50IIS for SIgru.ng I Memcnndwn 0 Under$taodtna (Moll) wltb the: Federal Mlrustry 01" Agnculture. saymg the "MoU Will gulnltllee the c:oIbbomton of the federal JDVU1Vl1CnI and Ab.a Stase UI3I W\1I1Cl1SU1"e the ~ litton of the Agnc:u1luntl Tnmsformauon "-"'mA....• ftc:: identlrtC:d selr-sufflCll:f'lC)' In food ~ ducbon as ... pa.nac::ea for ~ democ::. rICJ ~ ccononuc grov.1h .. OIji saKi: ..InAbII .... e are mCt:r"eSled m 1eCbnokIps. racan:h and everytlung that will IOns
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