The Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development has mapped out plans to partner the Chinese government in the enhancement of agriculture development, according to ThisDay Newspaper.
The Permanent Secretary of the ministry, Arc. Sonny Echono, stated this in Abuja while receiving the Chinese Ambassador to Nigeria, Mr. Gu Xiaojie in his office.
Echono said that the Chinese agricultural development model suited Nigeria’s Agricultural Transformation Agenda (ATA) and Nigeria was already making plans towards improving its milling capacity in rice and cassava. He said China has a huge market in cassava chips, hence the need to support Nigeria’s cassava production, saying Nigeria was the world producer of cassava.
He added that Nigeria requires support in the establishment of ranches, poultry and textile industry, and invited Chinese investors to come and invest in these sectors.
According to him, other opportunities for investment include aqua-culture, fishery production and wheat production.
