The $150 million World Bank assisted Commercial Agriculture Project has taken off in the 5 participating states of Nigeria, Kaduna, Kano, Lagos, Cross River and Kano.

During the just concluded First joint supervision mission of the Project, the Task Team Leader, Lucas Kolawole Akapa expressed satisfaction with the readiness and support of the participating states for the success of the $150 million project through the payment of their counterpart funds.

According to the World Bank sattement, the project will support three value chains per state as follows: Cross River, Oil palm, Cocoa and rice; Enugu is fruit trees, poultry and maize; Kaduna, fruit trees, Dairy and maize; Kano, rice, Dairy and maize and Lagos, poultry, aquaculture and rice.

The mission held interactive sessions as well as conducted field trips with Commodity Interest Groups (CIGs) and Commercial Agriculture Development Associations (CADAs) to assess their readiness and concerns.

Source:  Vanguard/All Africa Global Media via COMTEX