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The Special Agro-Industrial Processing Zones (SAPZ) Program, Kaduna State has successfully conducted a Training of Trainers (ToT) for government and private agricultural extension agents across the program’s eight (LGAs. The training was held in Chikun and Soba LGAs, targeting frontline extension workers from the Kaduna Agricultural Development Agency (KADA), Local Government Departments of Agriculture and private…

The Special Agro-Industrial Processing Zones (SAPZ) Programme in Kaduna State has successfully trained 1,000 smallholder farmers, processors, extension agents, and food handlers on food safety and quality standards across the program’s eight Local Government Areas. The training, conducted in the four LGAs hosting the Agricultural Transformation Centers (ATCs) and the four LGAs hosting the Agro-Industrial…

Four key staff of the Special Agro-Industrial Processing Zones (SAPZ) Program, Kaduna State have successfully completed a five-day international training on the FIDIC Conditions of Contract for Design, Build, and Operate (DBO) Projects, popularly known as the Gold Book, at the Radisson Blu Hotel in Nairobi, Kenya. The Kaduna SAPZ delegation included the State Program Coordinator,…

In the heart of Kaduna State, a quiet revolution is underway led by women farmers determined to protect their land and livelihoods from the growing threat of climate change. The Special Agro-Industrial Processing Zones (SAPZ) program recently organized a sensitization workshop for Women Agricultural Cooperatives and Women Small and Medium Enterprises (WSMEs) in Ikara and…

As part of its commitment to improving agricultural productivity and supporting smallholder farmers, the Special Agro-Industrial Processing Zones (SAPZ) Program has successfully completed the distribution of critical farm inputs to 1,000 maize farmers across eight (Local Government Areas (LGAs) in Kaduna State. The exercise was targetted at LGAs within the SAPZ catchment areas, with four…

The Kaduna State Special Agro-Industrial Processing Zones (SAPZ) Program recently embarked on a robust community sensitization campaign across eight local government areas, aimed at deepening grassroots understanding, fostering local ownership, and promoting inclusive participation in the ongoing implementation of the SAPZ initiative. The sensitization activities were carried out in two phases, targeting communities around the…

The Kaduna State Government, in collaboration with the African Development Bank (AfDB), has taken a major step forward in the implementation of its Special Agro-Industrial Processing Zones (SAPZ) Program, following a series of advocacy visits across the eight Local Government Areas (LGAs) of the Program, strategically located around the Agro-Industrial Hub (AIH) in Chikun and…

The Vice President of Nigeria, H.E. Sen. Kashim Shettima, GCON has performed the ground breaking ceremony for the commencement of construction of Phase 1 of the Special Agro-Industrial Processing Zones (SAPZ), Agro-Industrial Hub (AIH) and Agricultural Transformation Centre (ATC), the building blocks of the SAPZ Program and a strategic milestone in President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s…

The Special Agro-Industrial Processing Zones Program (SAPZ), a program of the Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Food Security has held the 2025 Strategic Implementation Workshop for staff of the program across Nigeria. The SAPZ program, a major initiative of the Federal Government of Nigeria is aimed at accelerating the industrialization of the agricultural sector in…

The Kaduna SAPZ Program has successfully conducted the Pre-Bid Conference for the Design, Build and Operate (DBO) contract for its ATC at Kuzuntu in Dusten Wa, Kubau LGA and AIH along Kaduna-Abuja Road, Chikun LGA. Marked by a 3-Day Activity, the Pre-Bid conference comprised of a 2-Day visit to the sites where bidders expectedly examined…