TREE CROPS (OILPALM,

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The main objective of the Tree Crops Project is to help to improve production and productivity in palm oil and rubber. The project will assist: (a) the state governments to supply seedlings and extension advice to mixed crop smallholders to plant 17,500 hectares of oil palm; (b) Adapalm Ltd. and Akwapalm Ltd. to plant oil palm on 17,000 ha (nucleus estate and smallholder) and to build two 20 ton/hr mills; (c) private sector and public sector investors with suitable privatization plans, to create and rehabilitate processing capacity in palm oil and rubber. It also will assist: (d) the Nigerian Institute for Oil Palm Research (NIFOR) to improve its oil palm seed production; and (e) Federal Department of Agriculture and Rural Development (FDARD), Tree Crops Agricultural Projects Monitoring and Evaluation Unit (MEU), Adapalm, Akwapalm, and participating banks to improve technical expertise, managerial and supervisory skills needed to complement physical investments.