The Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa (AGRA), has launched an agro processing centre in Sabon Gari Kahuta, Kauru LGA of Kaduna State, which is projected to generate N182 million in the first fiscal year.
The Kahuta multipurpose processing venture is an agro processing centre established as a critical component of the AGRA intervention programme aimed at increasing productivity for 50,000 smallholder women and youth farmers, strengthen access to output markets at scale, increase the capacity of smallholder farming households and value chain actors to better prepare, adapt to shocks and stresses.
Speaking at the launch, the Country Director for AGRA in Nigeria, Mr. Rufus Idris, said they are focused on contributing to the progress and sustenance of the inclusive food system transformation happening in the country.
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He said that Nigerians experience a lot of post-harvest losses, which informed the agro processing centre in Kahuta to enable the women to add value to what they are producing.
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