Minister Rallies Farmers to Embrace Buhari’s Economic Diversification Plan
Minister Rallies Farmers to Embrace Buhari’s Economic Diversification Plan
Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Sabo Nanono, is rallying farmers in the country to support the economic diversification agenda of the Buhari administration through increased agricultural production, processing and value addition.
His ministry is also strengthening ties with the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) in a bid to develop a strategic plan for the Nigerian cashew industry spanning the next 10 years.
The ministry in a statement said Nanono signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the USDA-West Africa PRO-Cashew Project to expand the value chain and create more job opportunities.
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The Federal Government on Sunday put the country’s earnings from the export of cashew at $500m and stated that this was supporting about 500,000 families across the country.
Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Sabo Nanono, disclosed this in Abuja when he signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the United States Department of Agriculture West Africa PRO-Cashew Project.
The Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development said in a statement issued in Abuja by an officer in the press department, Okeh Juliet, that the project would be for the development of the cashew agro industry.
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Cashew value chain receives boost as FG, US sign MoU to increase productivity
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By Gabriel Ewepu – Abuja
Cashew production and export received a boost at the weekend, as the Federal Government and the United States Department of Agriculture, USDA, West Africa PRO-Cashew Project, signed Memorandum of Understanding, MoU, to develop the nation’s cashew industry.
This was contained in a statement signed by the Director, Information, Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, Theodore Ogaziechi, where the Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Mohammed Nanono signed on behalf of Nigeria with the team from USDA, West Africa PRO-Cashew Project.
By Doris Esa
Abuja, Feb.11, 2021 The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development on Thursday signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) West Africa Pro- Cashew Project, to increase cashew productivity.
The project aimed to improve the cashew sector by increasing productivity and efficiency of farmers in the cashew value chain through improving crop quality, rehabilitating and renovating orchards among others.
The Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Alhaji Muhammad Nanono, at the signing of the MoU, in Abuja,said that the event was another milestone in the record of the ministry’s history in its hunt to achieve national food and nutrition security, among others.