'Over 84,000 farmers linked to N23.439b market'

• Published date: 02 February 2023
• Publication title: Nigeria - The Nation

The Agro-Processing, Productivity Enhancement And Livelihood Improvement Support Project (APPEALS), has linked 84,000 farmers to markets through the facilitation of commercial partnerships.

This has resulted in 303 business alliances with 145 off-takers buying the farmers' produce across the 11 value chains worth N23.439 billion.

Speaking at a three-day Progress Monitoring Meeting of APPEALS Project Implementation Units at National and State Levels with the World Bank Task Team in Abuja yesterday, the National Project Co-ordinator, Alhaji Mohammed Sani Jobdi, said the meeting would look at the project implementation status, especially the infrastructure and critical...