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Kogi State strengthens partnership with Chinese firms for agro-industrial development
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Kogi State is advancing its Special Agro-Industrial Processing Zone SAPZ program through a strategic cooperation agreement with Hezheng Holdings Group and Hezheng Digital Technology Hezheng Innovation Valley Co., Ltd. The SAPZ initiative aims to boost food production, enhance processing capacity, create employment, attract private investment, and establish Kogi State as a leading agricultural and industrial hub in Nigeria. A central component of this collaboration is the development of a modern agricultural science and technology industrial park in Kogi State, which will drive agro-processing, facilitate agricultural technology transfer, support equipment deployment, promote enterprise incubation, strengthen logistics and cold chain systems, enhance export infrastructure, and provide sustainable power solutions. The Kogi SAPZ structure includes the Ajaokuta Agro-Industrial Hub, Agricultural Transformation Centres in Anyigba, Alape, and Osara, and the Zariagi Agro-Air Hub. The program integrates existing farmer clusters with an additional 150,000 hectares of farmland per zone, focusing on value chains such as rice, maize, cassava, livestock and poultry, sesame, cashew, oil palm, and greenhouse farming. The agreement signifies a move from planning to implementation, attracting technical partners, industrial park operators, investors, and global business platforms into the SAPZ ecosystem. A Kogi State delegation, led by Alhaji Yakubu Okala, Auditor-General of Kogi State and Proj
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