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COMPREHENSIVE COVERAGE OF N ATION'S CA PITAL
Monday 16 July 2012
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World Bank approves $95m to support Nigeria's final push to eradicate polio The WOOd BlDkWlMUNled IbIl ill
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The projed woukI ftnIac:e n:JtJFIJ 655 million cIo.sd. cnl polio 'fIIIXIDe bdlldrmUDderIbe.~mu.
NIprliL WIIh IIpI!IdIIIocw lID !he IlOfthem It*S whee polio II mort
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The -pru;ea..a::onBns 10 die Wortd Blnt.1I.a,ped wid! the ftdml Gam'nmmI oll'fltrill'.2012 PaIio ~~PIiIIl.mdwrilh
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ne..cdilllbilily--.poorpeop6t. The Wodd Sri: ta. wodzd wiIb ffls!ria'a NIdonII P'I"tn.y IIMIIb en AfpqIince2OOl1O_timdrqc·
l-R: Tomn" Cn.lOha A. Onooha. MDICEO. latus Cassava Pnxrs5Ing Company. Usman Hassan, Deputy DirectOf, Agriculture and Agro-Allied Dep"rtmf:nt. RMROC. and lhektgbo. conference COOfdinatoJ. during the International Agrlcuhul'@Confl!!feflCelnAbuja. pk.'lure b) TUN)E AOENIYl
fG blame:; water problems on poor morals, commitments Usa*l11O'.ed lhlt.locofwha ildone In ~ It mere-.atvlry"wilh .. !be conleretx e and meetings that nRlJttansIaet ., ..... change. "We dn • k •. t lah:ity In 8lM!l'"IIIID _ f:U c" I~ and roIlea ITIfti aItrw tI IS, They are aU ju5C aaMry. 'Ae , n ouq It but "'" do
Cassava, agric products hold key to economic diversification - RMRDC
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lural productJ ,uch .S. cubew, IeII.IJV, Ieatha
seafood and OOCOI. hokt the kef to the mhanoe mmt of ~ powth In NipriL 11te direcc.or-FnmU of the Raw
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CoundJ (RMRDC). Peter Onwualu made ddt ded.ntioo in AbujlIII die bqinnins 01 • two-daJ lntrr'Mtional dOlJ-rm:lUJ t ' mdon DOI.IiI:umcL oriermceoo'ElportMarkrtsrorc.s NI~ d. .' Jt C"n bout your An ~ Ptodur:u AtJro.d' hdd ~orl '1\ many b metenI of " the coundI'• ...tItorium in Abuja. In .~ft'.lldon hb;bebalfbJUi pfpeIyuu t..... b !lI.r.1t'. bout how m.ylltraofde. ldmb1J1 -ado man llawan, deputy direaoI;. ttft..d..,wWed ~ thr _hlrwe?; said. ~.'JCbekpe no ld Ilw RMROCm.lI6dlhe~_ the Federal (icn'ftnmenl It lit do commktedto~thcec:onomy' much more wiIIl1he support 0( the aldJnll..... ~.m--.d1OlDe 1DNaU'ef!he ~ t.d puC In Wodd iMnklmd the Atricao De lopplace 10 .mieftdlill~ mmI Bank.tlll the 'TtlAalordIng 10 Onwuaiu. thew in menlllO lap bill' chia, morptiIe od unLlVH Induded du", dr.w-Het reform IbP utilit es In order for lh 11 ICheme and mutur.cturlnc in-bond ID be u.efuI, C'UII~ up with awrop. '. ~wbidJ~-'ier"inIrodIIcBt but LIl~ wkhdnIwn In 2002 MJd 2005 "We nul be aJIllI1lJlied to dotnt ~dueIO"'''--' Ihe~ .,_~Ihebesl l don't IWnk 1Ie II6d odIer inc:ftIdws IIR EIpon !he CCUJtries th. have "" It ~ In AdjUlbDent Fund. &port DndopIherwMt:rRClOshad Il1(ftI'el(Ut:ltS men' Pund .nd Export Expansion than we do. wt.1hey had wall the GIll W!R aho idrodumt 10 RIppO(t lbIlity'to think :JUlIide the boJ. Wt t cpon buc with minimIf IUCUSIeI. On ~ 0nwuaJu Aid NiFia ~ not MIliCI CII.IlRMI to tuJadhu been ~ uthe wOOd',
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.... FSI prodlJCr!l; addlns that ~ .a:ounted ror over 70 percent 01 total tuber production In West Afrk1 lhls was Kh~ he Aid by the Improved high yleldln" pest and dbea:5e rnhtanl cassava varieties producrdand meum 10 Wmm through resean:b colllbo~llon ~n the IntemIdonalInldtuIe ofTros*:alApf. atlrure{lITA~ n.dan and the National &dCropiReleardtlnsdtule(NRCRI). Umudike. Umuahl.. Abia Sole. Howeftf, he said for t:aUaVa tJanI. bmadon 10 continue, WxIw--AVin8
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rassava rn()f1! c:ompetidve. He alto Aid trandormadon would not condnue
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In anodJrr ~ he ailed ' Expon of c....va proccswd productl to OOMFSA COUlIlJies or ErltlopIa. South
Ablca, 80lJWJna. UglJlda, Keny., ambia Ind othen: Iheklgbo Hid lhou&b NIgeria Is the world's iaJBest produc::a wuh Oftf 40 millJon metric tones annuaIy. BrmB and'llWland are lheworid'.larpst~olCUYVL
He: IlstaI the prinwy. by-products of CHUflM pni. pn1 lulu flour. cnunI Dour...m. cbIpa. peUeu and Hid u- coWd be jJI'OCftIed further into teCOnduy prodUctI Ute lxeld. cake. bisadtl.INCb.IO)'I-gam. p).ueI adheme. cold wale' gfucose IJIlJP .nd mono-aodl um glumlte, amGI1Iothrn.lkAidcuuvaRlpplles Iboo.d 90 perctnt 01 the daily calories IntaU to 0'Ift" 100 mUlion Nigerlans and is COlUWlV!d by over half I blWon
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Global Landnwk lndusdes Ltd. coorpMen:ollheconfemu. said hiIh qtWJl) .::usan Dour should be free (rom Mluhftantaand InIect Infres&adon. ,hr: panide Jtze 01 the fine c:aaaw !lour IhotUd be of such ftneneII thM .. not a lhan 90 per 0011 by ~ .m should easily pall throuch a dew ofO.2mm ~ she. (bdjgbo Hid caSHVI Doul It I profitable buslnCII thai would hdp
lbekiIbouid Ibm:.... huge mar· Ut fur ~ prtIC'tlIIed prodllCll in COMESA (Common MartaI lOr Eut-
ern and Southern Afria,n Countries) wbktt ~ producm: 01 CUSI'VlII
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lie informed that In Ethiopia his comp.nJ I, currently ploceiling CUAVa tubtn IntO white pm. rutu cassava 60ut JlIICh. dtlps and pdIeu, addq; thai time hed come for N'!prlan fumen 10 SlUt process!",
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Minister of agriculture appointed into IfPRI council NIgeria's Minister 01 Agdcu1rure and Rural Dew:lopmem, AIdnwwnl
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The Intem.donal Food Policy Reseutb Institute (1FPRJ}lsan inlaIl/IlkJnaI agricultural mearcb cr:n18' founded In 1975 -to lmprove the ~,,and food poHdes: and to promote the
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CouncIl would .tbd AdeIIina • dw: ".. \'dopmeot. m opponunirJ to further
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indJvIduob. Indudlng IOnner President Kuh ol Ghana. Wodd Food Prize Wuaze. M.. S. _ Swamln.than. Bank OUd _World Un ......
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