A stakeholder in the agricultural sector has called on the government to capture large scale farmers more in the Anchor Borrowers Program (ABP) so that the sector could be industrialised. He said the aspect of Anchor Borrowers Program (ABP) that will recognize commercialized farming is highly needed. “Not a one-hectare farming, for me that will not help industrialisation, we need farmers having over 1000 hectares to be enrolled in the Anchor Borrowers Program,” Adeyemi added. He said when large scale farmers are captured in the ABP, it will reduce the cost of production and encourage industrialisation. Speaking on cassava production, Adeyemi, who is also a cassava starch processor, said there is cassava yield in the country.

Source: Nigerian Tribune January 02, 2020 14:13 UTC