About Us

What we want to achieve

SAPZs will create at least 400,000 direct jobs

WHO WE ARE

Sustainable Agro-industrial Development Initiative

The SAPZ project is part of the Feed Africa Strategy launched by the African Development Bank (AfDB) to transform agriculture into globally competitive, inclusive and business oriented sector that will create wealth, generate gainful employment and improves quality of life. program promotes increased productivity, value addition, market access and private sector investment in select agricultural value chain commodities. The focus is on the promotion of commodities that have a high potential to boost export revenues or import substitution.

Our Vision

The SAPZ model, a vision articulated by the African Development Bank’s President, Dr Akinwumi A. Adesina, was developed as the Bank’s brand for a spatial development solution in the rural landscape for agricultural transformation across the continent.

Improving Farm Production Capacity and Efficiency in Africa.

The African Development Bank’s agenda is revitalizing and re-invigorating African agriculture through its Feed Africa – High 5. It focuses on 18 priority commodities across the five major agro-ecological zones of Africa.

The initiative is targeting to make Africa a net food exporter by 2025, by raising Africa’s 2015 food production by an estimated 174 million metric tons.

SAPZ in NIgeria

Phase One

The SAPZ program in Nigeria is the largest, both in scale and scope. Phase 1 is being implemented over five years, beginning in 2022. The program will later be rolled out in more states. States participating in the first phase were chosen based on readiness and to achieve a balance across Nigeria’s six geo-political zones.

The seven states selected for phase one of the SAPZ program in Nigeria include

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