World Bank lauds Nigeria on agric projects
The World Bank has commended Nigeria for effectively implementing the Third National Fadama Development Project known as Fadama III in a sustainable development manner.
Senior Manager of the Sustainable Development for Africa Region Anna Bjerde gave the commendation in Abuja on Saturday.
She said a visit to some of the areas where FADAMA III projects were being implemented, showed a remarkable progress, a development she said was an indication that agriculture remained a priority of the Federal Government.
"Am happy to say that FADAMA is doing very well in a sustainable manner and in our portfolio; agriculture sector is performing very well," she said.
"Am very pleased to say this because agriculture is an integral part of the economy here in Nigeria and important part of livelihood for citizens," she added.
Fadama-III, a follow-up on Fadama 11, was aimed at increasing the incomes of users of rural land and water resources on a sustainable basis.
The 450 million project was being implemented in 35 states in Nigeria with 250 million U.S. dollars credits from the International Development Agency (IDA while 200 million dollars counterpart contributions were shared by the federal, states and local governments.
She stressed that with what was on ground and various reports on World Bank agriculture sponsored program in Nigeria there would be see more acceleration and robust plan from the bank.
Editor: Mo Hong'e
English.news.cn 2011-11-19 18:30:56 FeedbackPrintRSS
ABUJA, Nov. 19 (Xinhua)
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