The World Bank assisted Commercial Agriculture Development Project (CADP) is to be expanded to five other states of the federation to cover the six geopolitical zones and further increase the number of beneficiaries, bringing the number of participating states to 10.
At the mid-term review mission of the project ended in Lagos? on Friday, it was? agreed that the project be restructured to enhance speedy implementation as well as prompt disbursement to project beneficiaries.
The mission team visited four participating states and met with stakeholders, beneficiaries and top government officials. The states are?? Lagos, Cross River, Kano and Enugu.
The?? task? team? leader? of the project,? Mr.? Lucas Akapa??? pointed?? out?? that?? CADP? would ensure alignment with the federal and state governments agricultural policies, especially the new Agricultural Transformation Agenda (ATA).
Akapa also disclosed that, deliberate efforts are being made to ensure sustainability of the project’s various interventions after its closure in December, 2014. “The issue of sustainability is very important as most of the projects’ interventions died after the closure of the projects,” said Akapa.
In his remarks, the National? project coordinator of CADP, Amin Babandi said the mid-term review mission was meant to reflect and take a comprehensive review of the general performance of all the components of the $150 million project.