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The Abia
Agricultural Development Programme (ADP), says it has set up an
agriculture resource centre to train farmers in income generating
activities.

Enyinnaya
Elekwachi, the programme manager, disclosed this on Monday in Umuahia
during the launch of the ADP Rural Institution Revitalization Programme
and the distribution of cassava cuttings, seeds, and seedlings to
farmers.

The centre, to be
known as ‘Mercy Odochi Orji Women Resource Centre,’ would be equipped
with processing, packaging, and storage facilities to encourage value
addition while also providing market information, Mr. Elekwachi said.

In a remark, John Ikeogu of the National Root Crops Research
Institute (NRCRI), Umudike, said that most of the technologies
developed by the institute had been handed over to the ADP for onward
transmission to farmers.