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comrnrraa.. far "Illng. ThlJ I. IS 'h.' 0)'0 Slalr II hu nlTTlAfled N 11.11 ~I\ Iltis)"t'iU IS (ommercl .. ' ngricultur.l lo.n schemr hI 'afmell to Iceen. 11 1'8' Norm'n, dem.nd ch :rll'1 gener.1 m.n'll'r, BArU ••• Id Ihe &etl1ns up Itf 1M acquisition ('e n"!! w.~ 10 Cllmplemenl ,o~r.rn ," rnl 11!11'.b
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In .!levl.HIII!: JlO\i I!rI,. by redu cl n! uneolploymenl through)ob a"I'on. Spealdns a l Ihe BATNI 8A.TIKybIAlr n n"my\ BATlAJ 2012 fumen- produr!l"hy awards c~nm"f'y In IJeyln, In which 128 rlrmrn werr ~ roftJdJ ouw.ndlni perrormance. Norman noted dUI IhI' a_piny was .upportlnl ~O\ ernmenfs Inlllilive on Isr*uhure In order In ~ pOlhlon Ihe RClOf rOI lnoe.led,evenue ~ft'ltlon.
A.cc:onlins 10 him. ills our hope Ihll this plnnr"hlp will leep pll)'lng 11-, pan in lIimuJlllnlinll"rHI and rocourasiOSlpusntVl!:lldlOOe towards agrlcuhure Ind we will continul" 10 support thl" armers 10 pow and IUCX:ced In their ~n occu,,.,kJn. Norman. who described .tgrlcullure 1$ an hollOW'abie OCCU~lJOn. MId lhccompany orllnifed Ihe rumen' ploo uctivlry awud 10 a,uact more people Inlo farmlnllo boos! produclion "The partnership with fll men over Ihe yelrs: he po lnled out "has yielded commendable progress wilh 10bl'cCO volume increlllSlng from IUllle abM", 1.000 tons 10 aver 2.800 Ions ove-lhc ~5t yt:;tn, and farmer's sa~ \1lIue al.o IncrelllSed hom IboUI N224 million 10 N526 mWlon, wilhin 1lM! Slme period." This. Ihl" BATN genen" mlnlger Slid. enabled the farmen: 10 NlT1 more money lhrough lobaM::c:o cuttivaDon_ Thoml s Omoroye . held. Leaf BATIA . Hid Ihe fume" IWlld $Cherne wa. an Inltlilive directed II rewlrdinlloblcCO fumen for altainlng the Jet criteria by Ihe company lowlrds Improved volume dri~ and yield. 10 faciitlle a 5UftainabIe and productive mutually bcne6dal rdltOonshlp.
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Teragro to produce 26,500 metric tons fruit concentrates annually HOHSO NOUM.\HYA equel 10 Its Ilrge population base. I n !!lIpanding mlddledass and I shift 10 enhanced dietary Intaies. ~ hu become Ihe slnsle mo I Importanl mar"el (or Julc~ Ind Juice COnalllnlesln sub-Saharan AIrlcL Teragro hIS ~lI1ergw In this I1ghll~ fir;1 ·o( Its-kind jukecollCelllraleprodUCIion racilil Y In Nigeria, with Inmlled capacity to produce orange, mango Ind olher fruit concentrales lit up 10 2.6.500 met ric Ions per annum. lidtl Adcdejl. CEO,
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...As Nigeria spends $lbn on concenrrates yearly Teragro Umitcd. revealed In I press conference.. According 10 him. tht: factory Is capable of proceSlllng orange juice concenlrat~ and mango puree In I.uge commercia.l quanll1ict. ·We mUSI IndustrialiSt:. In line with our 2.0:2.02.0 dream. and the private .eclor has I key roie 10 play; staled President Goodluck Jonathan, durin! the commissioning or the Illant In Makurdl. thl" Benue Sllle callital The Idea Is 10 encou rage Ihe privale sector. soon all the
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slates of the federation will hive something 10 upon beyond local consumpLion. a«ordinglo the pre5ldenL He believed Ihl1 such lIIitiallY\!: should he e.xtended 10 all the 5Kl0rs. especially Ihe agrlbuslnelll beyond 011 "We hive resources Ind we should be able 10 gener-llte income to suppon OUI economy; he a~rled, 51alinS Ihal sovl"rnmenl will conlinue 10 encouJlIge private 5KlorlnltlauYH Ihll I"JlCOUllige the growth or Ihe economy Go\"mlOfGabridSuswrun ofBcmteSCale5ll1d: "We have
a 101 of oranges and mangoes h~, and this in boost to Ih~ naLion·, economy· "Nlaerll spends $1 billkln on juice coocrnlnll(".J annuilly. and Ihis planl hl.s Ihe capacity 10 fulfill Ihll demand.· slaled Tony Elumelu. chairman Transnalional CorpoT1ltion o f Nigeria pk (Transcotp). In an address. By not imponing. N'~ will COhllft"Ve foreign exchange and npon to West Ahlean countries, whll~ providing employment fot about 95 percenl of Ihe Indigenes or the Slale, Eluml"lu noted
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