5 sites selected for rice project in Kwara

Date: 2012-03-21

Five project sites have been selected for the Kwara rice project, following the completion of the soil, water tests and  topographical studies conducted by Valsolar Consortium.  The locations, according to a phased implementation programme released by the Kwara State government in Ilorin, include Shonga, Patigi, Lafiagi, Bacita and Share.

Valsolar, a Spanish company signed a N70 billion rice joint venture with the Kwara State government in January. The statement further stated that the rice project would be cultivated on 20, 000 hectares of land, adding that the Spanish farmers would cultivate 5,000 hectares of land in each location yearly over a period of four years.

The government added that the processing factory which would also serve as storage and distribution location, is to be sited in Share.  According to the agreement, Valsolar is expected to invest N70 billion in the project over a period of four years while the state government is to make available 20, 000 hectares of land.  The Spanish company will also hold 70 per cent equity in the company while the remaining 30 per cent will be held by the state government.

Source

 

Cloud Tag: What's trending

Click on a word/phrase to read more about it.

Hakeem Lawal     KWTV     Oke-Ero     Ibrahim Issa Jetti     Al-Hikmah Radio     Gbugbu International Market     Simeon Sayomi     Bankole Omishore     IESA     Kwara State Branch Of The National Library     Lawal Olohungbebe     Isiaka Oniwa     Aliyu Salihu     Temitope Ogunbanke     Razaq Atunwa     Laduba     Idi-Ape     Fatimah Abdulkadir     Kayode Laro     Abdulhakeem Amao     Adaramaja     Ajike People Support Centre     Iqra Books     Ahmed \'Lateef     Malete     Council Of The Wise     George Innih     Towoju     Hamid Bobboyi     Segun Ogunsola     Toyin Abdullahi     Saba Jibril     Orisun Igbomina     Kayode Ishola     Monthly Sanitation     Bamikole Omishore     Saraki     Oniyangi Kunle Sulaiman     Ahmed Bayero     Hassan Taiye Salam     Kwara Teaching Service Commission     Onikijipa     Chief Imam Of Ilorin     Joana Nnazua Kolo     High Court     Demola Banu     Yahaya Oloriegbe     Ishaq Salman     Raji Ayodele Kamaldeen     Gbajabiamila     Okanlawon Taiwo     Tsaragi/Share     Nigeria Governors\' Forum     Iyiola Oyedepo     AbdulRahman Saad     Dapo Teni Nig Enterprise     Sherif Sagaya     SGBN     School Of Nursing     Oke-Oyi     Unilorin     Saad Belgore     CACOVID Palliatives     Jimoh Olusola Imam     John Dara     Osinbajo     Ashiru     Alimi Abdulrazaq     Isiaka AbdulRazaq     Muhammed Mahe Abdulkadir     Bilikisu Gambari     Alanamu     Olota Of Odo-Owa     PharmAccess Foundation     Ahman Pategi University     Alaro     Nigeria Customs Service    

Cloud Tag: What's trending

Click on a word/phrase to read more about it.

Kwara Metro Park     Orire     Buhari     Tosin Saraki     MalHub     Abdullahi Saadudeen Alikinla     Samuel Elizabeth Keatswa     Abdulwahab Oba     Principal Private Secretary     Abubakar Imam     Hydro-electric Power Producing Areas Development Commission     Zulu Gambari     Tunji Folami     Logun     Paul Olawoore     Temitope Ogunbanke     Eghe Igbinehi     Ahmed Shuaib Buranga     Yomi Ogunsola     Saka Isau     Kwasu     Niyi Ogundiran     Mahmud Ayinla Giwa     Moses Afolayan     Bluenile Associates     Y.A. Abdulkareem     Tunde Idiagbon Road     Taofeek Ibraheem     Muhammad Ghali Alaaya     Omu-aran     Hassan Saliu     Sola Saraki University     Shehu Alimi Foundation For Peace And Development     Saliu Ajia     Abdulrahman Onikijipa     Erubu     Ayodele Shittu     Anilelerin     FERMA     Belgore     Ilorin     Muideen Olaniyi Alalade     Zulkifli Ibraheem     Ganiyu Abolarin     Emir Of Lafiagi     Kwara 2019     Durosinlohun Kawu     Communication Network Support Services     Aliyu Muyideen     SWAN     Aminat Ahmed     Saad Belgore     Muritala Awodun     JUSUN     Oba-Solagberu     Sardauna     Ali Ahmad     Adeniyi Ojo     Khadijat Ayoola Yusuf     Wahab Olasupo Egbewole     NNPP     Dapo Teni Nig Enterprise     Kwara State Infrastructure Development Fund     Emir Of Shonga     Kamaldeen Kehinde     Sobi     Ilesha-Baruba     Kwara University Of Education     Ibrahim Abikan     Muftau Akanbi Oke     Omu Aran     Olayinka Oladapo Jogunola     Modibo Kawu     Sarah Alade     Ilorin General Hospital     Yusuf Ali     Bello Oyedepo