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W’Bank Plans $150m Agric Project Expansion
The World Bank-assisted Commercial Agriculture Development Project (CADP) will be expanded to include five other states of the federation, the Task Team Leader of the project, Dr Lucas Akapa, has said.
The project is currently being implemented in five states – Enugu, Cross River, Kano, Kaduna and Lagos.
Akapa, who disclosed this in Lagos during the mid-term review mission of the project, said the expansion would bring the number of participating states to 10.
In a statement yesterday in Abuja, Mr Obadiah Tohomdet, the Senior Communications Specialist at the World Bank, said the five new states had yet to be determined.
Tohomdet quoted Akapa as saying that the five new states would cover the six geopolitical zones.
“The five new states would be beneficiaries of the Rural Access and Mobility Project (RAMP), another project being sponsored by the World Bank,” he said in the statement.
He said the expansion would have direct impact on more than 60,000 small and medium commercial farmers while several households in the five new states would indirectly benefit from the spillover effects through access to farm roads, energy and market.
The statement also quoted the CADP National Project Coordinator, Dr. Amin Babandi, as expressing displeasure over the poor execution of the project.
He charged officials to reposition themselves to enable commercial farmers to benefit from the objectives of the project.
Babandi said the mid-term review mission was meant to reflect on and make comprehensive review of the level of performance of the project.
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Kenyan Runners Dominate Berlin Marathons
Kenya made it a clean sweep at the Berlin Marathon with Sabastian Sawe winning the men’s race and Rosemary Wanjiru triumphing in the women’s.
Sawe finished in two hours, two minutes and 16 seconds to make it three wins in his first three marathons.
The 30-year-old, who was victorious at this year’s London Marathon, set a sizzling pace as he left the field behind and ran much of the race surrounded only by his pacesetters.
Japan’s Akasaki Akira came second after a powerful latter half of the race, finishing almost four minutes behind Sawe, while Ethiopia’s Chimdessa Debele followed in third.
“I did my best and I am happy for this performance,” said Sawe.
“I am so happy for this year. I felt well but you cannot change the weather. Next year will be better.”
Sawe had Kelvin Kiptum’s 2023 world record of 2:00:35 in his sights when he reached halfway in 1:00:12, but faded towards the end.
In the women’s race, Wanjiru sped away from the lead pack after 25 kilometers before finishing in 2:21:05.
Ethiopia’s Dera Dida followed three seconds behind Wanjiru, with Azmera Gebru, also of Ethiopia, coming third in 2:21:29.
Wanjiru’s time was 12 minutes slower than compatriot Ruth Chepng’etich’s world record of 2:09:56, which she set in Chicago in 2024.
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