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IT is 00 kmgef In doubt that the buslnm of Iplanting, growing. and process-
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ng Including
,dong the value chilln bo['[om line is making profllablt: Income for all stakrholdl!l'S in a
sustalnabh! manner.
In the Nigerldn IndUSll} sector, the consumption offood and Indum1al grilde starch has Dm'I and Still on the high as IOns of r.M produa t'XtfaCted largely from malu grain havrcontinued to be Importf!d;.lInd the drain on the nation's foreign 6Change remains "..,. H~ with the agncultuI"e traruforma[Ion agl!:nda of the government to look Inward. in a semblance of the backward Int~ gTillion policy of the mid 80s and early 90S. the til! lO Olner sources Is btginnlng [0 take
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UssaYa, of which N~rla m.nds most producrivr, with the dMlopmenl of the hl2h~ng and ~nt varieties dial produces 21-40 tonnes ~ hectare on-fann, is a tuber that become the subjKl. of Inlense
economk attention lately. This Is as a resull of
researches by foremost research Institute, the Intemationa11nrurute ofTroplColI Agriculture (IITA;
Nestle. In partnerShip with the Instl[Ut~ is expanding the horizon of the KOnomy of cas$aVoi with t!lIpKttd IncomHadt:n value ch.aln through hilrvntlng and proce55ln~ According 00 Mr. MartIn Woolnough, Ntstie S" Managing DlrMor and Chid ExKUtlvt: omcer, who have varfously led Country don for CilSSava does not SlOp at the bakery (oordlnating1eam to the IITA mu ltiplication and confmloMry Indusoy but would spread plot In lbadan. the ob~ives Indude In~as down the line. Ing £imnen' income, fmproving food SKUrity With the 'CrNtingSbamt Value' theme at the and supplying QSSiM starch. ~ of his rrund, Woolnoogh gys the QWlva "We haW: sun!d a project that focuses on starch project is wonh the i.nYHtmenl, espe1ncre.asinR: the Income and food SKUril)' of dally as tht: company waI1r:s to do something the poor by technically supporting in line With the ~PJrOItions of the nation. In smallholder b.~rs to Increase prOduCbon spite of this, Nestfe klenlified the following pH" unit aru: saki Woolnough. mac the~ is stili QWlva supply gap, the comNO( losing focus of the ultimate goal of SKUf- pany's starch requirement is not met a nd ins the company's sGuth ~ the chief exec· Insuffident supply of raw materials from the uuve saki the Initiative would also devdop funn= efficient m.JM for QSSiM rootS to targeted 1.5 a means of Implementation. a 500 regular a.s:5iIYa starch producing Industrie:s that will fannt!7-<hwer ~ In plaa with each tanner ul~tdythe supply n~ of Nestle. having access to about one hectare of £armIt isdear, iKCOrdlrigtoDrOlukayodeOyd~ land and to supply the produa to 10aJ procesSptdal Assistant, Medla to the Minister of SO~ Theseare givu training in business pianAgriCulrune and Rum Development that the ning and casQV;l production then supplied ~Itum Transformation Agenda Is head- Impl'O'lotil auava varlel1e$. I!d" 10 the right dlrecdon. HI!' says the pursuit While starch-produdng factories wou ld Cadiof beaN <1grkulrur.tl productJon and utilisol-
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Pursuing Private-Public Partnership, Institute, BioOrganic Network (Ute; evalu.ate me variow mlcronutrlents under v~rled condldons of temperalUre, humkl.lty OYer" a ~ of time and thus establish the subUhy of the mia'onutrk'nts; share useful infonna6on with regard to mk:ronumtnt technoklgy ~ppllcadon; ~ ilIlilIytic:a.I t:eSting support setvias of mlcronument applic:ar:lon to end pr¢oas validation purposes; rraln Small and Medium Entl!fpl"\se rood and ~ manufacturus m:ommended by AJROon The ~ppliation and h!alth brnefif5 of micronutrients and also evalu.att the cornmm:iaI bme6f5 of any and aU prodUCts ~i Uml""Acmrdlng to her, In line with that.drtYe made ooect by both pMties and communicate to her- agmcy through the feder:aI Coo.'emme:nt's FfJRDonag:reed tenos., &dore listing SOI'TW of the tedtocMogies bring PubliC, Prfvate PannenhJp (PPP) InltlatMl has been gtvm the Ievfia~ to expk)re all available D&IISfemd to the publk: by its ageIq EkmO said thai O'm' the years in an effon 10 make opportUnities for coUabor.ttion to the extent UWt its co mmercla~1 Ie technologies and resurch results 1'dCv:ant to human needs. the institute had engag~ in the promodon of if5 knowledge bast: are ned up for Investment IJy the pnvate sector rough technology rrans- research results arid transferring .same to the Investln~ publk. and similar Unbges. Managmg Director, ~k Nutrlt:nts, Dr Commending Bioorganic NuUient for Its techKenny AchIo&onu. thanIdng. the management noI!mo brukthrouRh:she said that the pannerprtMdlng the ~d'orm for the c0lship lielween the vMJ bodies is meant toamong ofAlRO laboration. noted dial nichnology provides odier things: com~nt 1M research arvl deYdopmeN: OU~t of AfRO by: developing a jobs~oo not indusmes,sollthe gvomnment ll uulysinareaboulCll'ating)obs:l1 mUSllmet mkronut:rienl prOlik for unfortified foods ~ild ~ges prtKluced or engineerM by the Insti- In Acholonu, wno stated that the oollaboration Is a milestone in the nation's development ~e.n dol. as It woukl unleash a kx of potentials in ,,-U COMING EVENT ~pKl or the natJon's economic sector, rtYea.Itd thai Bioorgank SWltd III small scale manl$cturlng plant with Its lecItrx»ogy and had a Inakthrough with NI~ B~ who challenged It to Introd uce a stable D "~--"'-"" Ution ol'lllabms Food fair'm helpsum VIwnIn A [0 Its liquJd mah drink. dmlicol~tnJl¥ria. '"This ~ g;M: us our 8m patent. As our Scheduled Kw 4 August 2012, tht: IM:nt would mlIeslones will Show~ him! m;ide .fbnt taU: plaa Oil SNloni Baptist Church. 8 Karaole contributions In this I1iche ~ IOr com Street. OrqlhQ BIStoP, Off lASU-lgando Road al ~~andchoco1at:e~e:smanBy """"",,, iE Director GeneraJ. Federal Institute of Indusmal ~ ( AlRO~ Lagos, DI: Gloria Ekmo. has gki that key to crea~ a sustai.na.bk nalional deYr:lopmem and d~fka don of the sotlJ'Ce5 of rewnue gmeration Is a creatM and innovatiYe coIIaboiatlon between Institudoru. ~ and private seaOf"ocgafli. , "io",Elemosakl thff in Llgos reantJyat the signing of Memorandum orUndersrarldlng betwffil AIRO and Blo-organics Nutrient Systems
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itau land preparadon by letting fanners have access 10 tractors, Inputs and loans, IITA wou ld supervise on-fum demorulradon f.mns. whc!~ recoJIllIlH)(jed prxtlw would be regularly de:morutRled. A worthy ~p as II is, the projea woold haY!! .satisfied all parties when the
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Intemiuional Inmoote of Tropical AgTIcuhure (IITA), emphasising that this is needed now mo~ than ever 10 tackle the challenges to food ~rl*Ir gupiGtl nations flO{ 0 in Afi'b but also the ""of ~ Dr Pm:z dd Gastillo WOIS ;at the Ibtim campus of IITA last ~k £or an offidal visit. He was lIIccompanied by the auef Execut:m Officer of the CGIAR COnsonium, Dr Frank Rljsbe:rm..an; IrrA Board Olair, Dr Bruer: Coulman; and the Directors Ct:nt'J"ill of twO otber CCIAR Consortium Centen: Dr Papa Sed.: of AfriolRlcr, and Dr Jimmy Smith o f the International
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G1Stillo saki, 'We are very IrnprHSed with our lntenctIonS with UTA .sd~t1sts and the blgh quality of science they a~ doing In variow fields.. ThlC'irdegreeof COI1UT11lment and passion to 1m's missJon or eradicating hunger and P'Mrty through their sciencr Is nothing soon of amaz-
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Ins "" .re~'VI! seen during with what thisvtslt: He partia;1arIy cited IrrA's ~rood production systems" approach to addressfng aJtrtculrural COI1Sualms, nres:sfng thai such a strategy wou ld greatly benefit fanners ~nd help ked the world's growing
""""tlo~ Rather than addresslnJl: olIp;ri. cultural ckmopment 6ociJe.. necks on an Individual commodity basiS, the ~product1on
~l· appro.ch inl~tes tht: d1vrrse: options av:a.ilable such is crop lrnprovement, mama and natural resourn
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-In lhe past, most of the
researth wa. crntrRd around either ronunodJdes or natural rr-soun:e ~nagfiI1ent, but the production system appJ"Oilcti-whlch brings together all the componmts from dJ ffer~nt ttnten-will ddiYer ~ I:mPact on the liwlihoods tbe poor In dlrremit er-osyU:enu. This different WdY of :Ioing things will anallll,. b i ng about solutions lha couldn't be achln'rll on an Indtvidual mandat ~: Dr ~rez del CastI.U, expl.uned.
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