(Aairmetrics, Lagos, 21 June 2020) Nigeria has announced plans to develop 142 agro-processing centres across the six geopolitical zones in the country. The projects will be funded by the “Green Imperative” programme, a $1.2 billion joint Nigerian-Brazilian agriculture development scheme. The $1.2 billion programme is to be implemented over a period of 5-10 years with finding from the Development Bank of Brazil (BNDES) and Deutsche Bank with Insurance provided by Brazilian Guarantees, Funds Management Agency (FMA), the Saudi Islamic Corporation for Insurance of Export Credit (ICIIEC) of the Islamic Development Bank (ISDB) and coordinated by the Getulio Vargas Foundation.
