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Dr Niyi Odunlami, the Senior Technical Adviser to the Minister of Agriculture and rural Development on Friday said that the Federal Government intended to stop the importation of rice, fish, wheat and tomatoes.
Odunlami spoke as a member of the supervision team visiting staple crops processing zones of the World Bank-assisted Commercial Agriculture Development (CADP) project in Lagos.
He said that the Federal Government was working in partnership with state and local governments as well as Local Council Development Areas (LCDAs) to bring infrastructural development to rural farming areas.
"The rural farming areas need to be developed in terms of infrastructure, so as to reduce or possibly eradicate the importation of what can be produced here, such as wheat, vegetable, rice and fish.
“The fish we import is not different from what we can find in the Nigerian waters," Odunlami said, adding that there was absolute need to develop staple crop processing zones.
Some primary processing zones -Kogi, Kano, Niger, Lagos and Rivers states- had been selected as models.
Also, the supervisory mission had commenced work on Nov. 28, with a visit to the Lagos State Integrated Rice Processing Factory, Imota.
Odunlami spoke as a member of the supervision team visiting staple crops processing zones of the World Bank-assisted Commercial Agriculture Development (CADP) project in Lagos.
He said that the Federal Government was working in partnership with state and local governments as well as Local Council Development Areas (LCDAs) to bring infrastructural development to rural farming areas.
"The rural farming areas need to be developed in terms of infrastructure, so as to reduce or possibly eradicate the importation of what can be produced here, such as wheat, vegetable, rice and fish.
“The fish we import is not different from what we can find in the Nigerian waters," Odunlami said, adding that there was absolute need to develop staple crop processing zones.
Some primary processing zones -Kogi, Kano, Niger, Lagos and Rivers states- had been selected as models.
Also, the supervisory mission had commenced work on Nov. 28, with a visit to the Lagos State Integrated Rice Processing Factory, Imota.
