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| African Examiner | Posted: Mar 02, 2011
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| African Examiner | Posted: Mar 02, 2011
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ABUJA, March 1, 2011 - Nigeria and 11 other West Africa Countries are to
benefit from a World Bank assisted regional agricultural project – West Africa
Agricultural Productivity Programme (WAAPP).
The Countries are Ghana, Mali. Senegal, Cote d’Ivoire, Burkina Faso, Sierra
Leone, Liberia, Togo, Benin, Gambia and Niger.
Board of the World Bank has already approved Nigeria’s participation in the
program which is expected to help Nigeria increase productivity and create
direct employment for about 1.5 million Nigerian farmers, especially youths and
women.
The Task Team Leader for the Programme, Abdoulaye Toure, leading a team of
agricultural experts on the mission to Nigeria said the project has started
yielding results in some participating African countries such as Mali where
technologies developed for rice has increased farm productivity from 2 to 9 tons
per hectare while Nigeria’s farm productivity currently stands at 2.5 tons per
hectare.
Nigeria’s share in WAPPP is $51 million out of the $300 million approved for the
12 Countries in the West African sub region. Out of the US$ 51million allocated
to Nigeria, US$30 million will come from the ECOWAS sub-region with the
balance of US$ 15 million from Nigerian IDA and US$6 million from free grants
from the Global Food Crisis Response Programme (GFPR). The implication is
that Nigeria will pay back only the interest-free US$15 million to the IDA in 40
years with a grace period of 10 years. Nigeria contributes between 60-65 % of
ECOWAS funds.
“Nigeria is expected to play a key role in championing this regional agricultural
programme to scale up research and technology adoption to enhance
agricultural productivity in the West Africa sub-region. Many of the participating
West African countries are looking up to Nigeria for leadership in the project”,
Said Abdoulaye Toure, Task Team Leader, West African Agricultural
Productivity Programme, WAAPP.
The WAAPP project is expected to assist farmers in agro-processing and value
addition for agricultural products. The first phase of the project was approved in
2007 and has since provided Ghana, Senegal and Mali with agricultural
research systems and regional research coordination and Monitoring through
the West African Council for Agricultural Research and Development.
Agriculture is a priority for Nigeria towards the attainment of Vision 20-20-20.
Reports show that currently food import bills in Nigeria are high while productivity
of Nigeria’s agricultural commodities are very low when compared to other
countries in the sub-region.
The goal of WAAPP is to encourage integrated development of agricultural
research into the Technology Generation and Dissemination continuum
throughout the region.
benefit from a World Bank assisted regional agricultural project – West Africa
Agricultural Productivity Programme (WAAPP).
The Countries are Ghana, Mali. Senegal, Cote d’Ivoire, Burkina Faso, Sierra
Leone, Liberia, Togo, Benin, Gambia and Niger.
Board of the World Bank has already approved Nigeria’s participation in the
program which is expected to help Nigeria increase productivity and create
direct employment for about 1.5 million Nigerian farmers, especially youths and
women.
The Task Team Leader for the Programme, Abdoulaye Toure, leading a team of
agricultural experts on the mission to Nigeria said the project has started
yielding results in some participating African countries such as Mali where
technologies developed for rice has increased farm productivity from 2 to 9 tons
per hectare while Nigeria’s farm productivity currently stands at 2.5 tons per
hectare.
Nigeria’s share in WAPPP is $51 million out of the $300 million approved for the
12 Countries in the West African sub region. Out of the US$ 51million allocated
to Nigeria, US$30 million will come from the ECOWAS sub-region with the
balance of US$ 15 million from Nigerian IDA and US$6 million from free grants
from the Global Food Crisis Response Programme (GFPR). The implication is
that Nigeria will pay back only the interest-free US$15 million to the IDA in 40
years with a grace period of 10 years. Nigeria contributes between 60-65 % of
ECOWAS funds.
“Nigeria is expected to play a key role in championing this regional agricultural
programme to scale up research and technology adoption to enhance
agricultural productivity in the West Africa sub-region. Many of the participating
West African countries are looking up to Nigeria for leadership in the project”,
Said Abdoulaye Toure, Task Team Leader, West African Agricultural
Productivity Programme, WAAPP.
The WAAPP project is expected to assist farmers in agro-processing and value
addition for agricultural products. The first phase of the project was approved in
2007 and has since provided Ghana, Senegal and Mali with agricultural
research systems and regional research coordination and Monitoring through
the West African Council for Agricultural Research and Development.
Agriculture is a priority for Nigeria towards the attainment of Vision 20-20-20.
Reports show that currently food import bills in Nigeria are high while productivity
of Nigeria’s agricultural commodities are very low when compared to other
countries in the sub-region.
The goal of WAAPP is to encourage integrated development of agricultural
research into the Technology Generation and Dissemination continuum
throughout the region.
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