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1 8,)nk (AfDB) has approvrd J6ll4 million (NI O billion) fund pKkage for lhe ImplementatKm of a r~ar prot: w for Afria's olgrlculturaJ proltttl tagged Suppon to Agrlcuhu fiil - Research (or ~Iop lll efll of Strategic Crops In Afric:a The PlOjKt WI I be co-Implementtd by lhl'ft: Mrica·b.lscd cenut's under the Consult.ative Group on intt'rnatlonal Agricu lt ur.ll Research (CGIAR); na md)! the Intematlona.llnstitute of Tropical Agricuhure (IITA), Africa Rice Cenlre, a nd the Intern.atlonal Cefllre for t\gJ1cultunl Research In the Dry mas. IITA Is also the ('JIeOItlng agencyof the proj«L A media statement from IrrA r«ently disclosed thai the nOlke of gnlilt approval W<lS rceelft(i oy Dr. Nter.lnya Sanglnga, director general of the institute olnd slgnrd by thr Manager of the and A.8roAgnculture IndU51ry D1vulon two of the b.tnk. Oougou Kelta. TbcSARl).SCIs a rescalch,sd·
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Professionalisation of Hospitality, Leisure and Tourismin Nigeria: The Way Forward
opmco! InltLmve amm:t .lit I!nh.1ncln8 the productivity .lind Income dcri~ from
cunva, molizt. rice and whcill.
African lleads of Statu. through Ihe Comprd~rufvf: African Agricultural D<v<10:r.mem Prog~mme. h.lIVe tnn~ as Sl~I~lc
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cYJIsed tKhnluJ agenq.: will support the- thlft cenlRS. The SAAl).SC Prolect comH ;it an opponu~ time when food SKUrity and nutrlLion are high on the natlono1l age nda of lhe bank's RegioJUI Member Countries (RMCs~
as rising food prices push millions of ~ple Into cxu eme hunger and pove:ny. 1he SAAl).SC allows - for the nrsllime ewor In a single project - a contlnentill cOYt'r.lge
of the food security mOil· lenges In AErie... Its 0\'t1Ol1l gOdlls to mhan« food and nutrition StOnlty and COniribule to poverty
rrductlon In the b.lnk's lowInco~ RMCs. IUi urget beneficiariH are Indivkhul farm· ers and consumen. ~rn'lers· groups Indudlng youth and women, policy makers, prl· ~te S«1or opt'ratol"$. m,u· keters/uOiders, transponers, small-scale agricultural machlnt'ry manufactu rers, and Institutions.. The b.lnk's low-Income RMCs Includt' Benin Republic, Cote d"volre, DR Congo, Eritrea, Ethiopia. Ghana, Kt'nya, lesotho, Madagascar, Mall, Mauritania, Niger, Nlgt'rla. Senegal. Sierra '-tone, Sudan, Tanuma, Uganda, l.1mblol andZlmb.l~.
~ projKt is expected to contribUle towards addreuIng the current shortfall In foOd supply In t~ counlrio; and ~nd by working across the full nilit' chain each crop and add rt'SslIlg both rood costs and emr»oYment creation. Through Its value chain appfOKh, WOSC will abo contribute 10 crop-IiV6lOck Integrnion baRd on the UR of Iht' com· moditles' by-productS.
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A S pan of lUi SUiillrgy for l"lexpandlng Into the Nigerian 011 olnd Gas Industry, 80sss Marine Services, ;a leading supplier of llfeboaUi and lire rafts hols rrve.led plans to Increased its inveSl ment and capacity development to ensure adequail' coverage for Ihe exp«ted growtll In volume of wo rk In Ihe rrglon. Chid Executil/e Orficer, Bosss Group, Mr. Peler BloOeld, in a relused uplalned Ihatthe company planned Inl/ulmt'nt In Sla te-of·the·art facilltlu, equipment olnd Ihe Irolined engi neers to ensure ade-
quale cOl/erage for the expected groWin In volume of work In this region. 8100eld, while rceell/ing Mr. Ernest Nwakpa,lhe elltcutll/e secretary of Ihe Nlgr rian Content Deve.lopmenl "Monitoring Bo.ud, uid: ·Ou r goal Is to bring ~t· in<lass marine life sal/lng services 10 clients while minding the COSts of time In pon by using Oelds lechnlclans who "'Ie skilled in a range of services rather than single purllOR ope",,· tors, we attend to fire olnd safery equipment, sa fery sig. nage, r,yrotcch nlCS and so on at t )Is samr time.:
He revealed thai Bon s Is aniClpdllng In the ongo&- Gas Conference and Exhibition (NOG 2012 Abulol) a.s this represents a focal point In Its overolll slralegy for Afrlu olnd "'r 100 per cent com· mlttrd 10 Nigerian Content Developmrnt, whkh renrct· rd in lUi operations.. Sons Marine Is the large.st lifeboat and lIfesal/ing serv\ce.s company in Africa approved by all fnoIJor moln· uTacturers. 80sss M.uine supplies a.nd services lifeboats and launch ing appJl.1nces) lifr nfts. marine fire andsa lelyequipme.nl.
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