Abuja — The Minister of State for Agriculture and Rural Development, Senator Heineken Lokpobiri, has commended the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) for supporting the nation's agricultural value chain development with $500 million.
Speaking when he received the new country representative of the fund, Ms Ndine Gbossa, in his office in Abuja, Lokpobiri applauded the development partner, saying the fund had played critical roles in making Nigeria the highest producer of rice and cassava in Africa.
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