Agro firm plans to empower farmers in Edo

Farmforte Agro and Allied Solutions Limited has stated that it will empower over 112,000 smallholder farmers within the agriculture value chain in its newly inaugurated cashew processing facility in Benin City, Edo State.

Speaking on the acquisition, Farmforte’s co-Chief Executive Officer Osazuwa Osayi, said, “This new processing facility is in line with our long term commitment to continuously create sustainable outcomes in the agric-value chain.’’

“We believe that this facility will enable us to increase cashew nut processing capacity and export less raw commodity; thereby increasing Nigeria’s access to the global market.”

In response, the Governor of Edo State, Godwin Obaseki, stated that ‘‘the government will continue to support the private sector to enable them to create more job opportunities, expand into new markets and reduce risk’’.

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