Nigeria: RECTEM, RMRDC partner on cashew production

The Redeemers College of Technology and Management (RECTEM) has taken delivery of 500 seedlings of cashew nuts, courtesy of the Raw Material Research and Development Council (RMRDC). The seedlings were delivered by the State Coordinator, RMRDC, Kayode Abiola during this quarter’s distribution of over 2,000 seedlings to farmers in Ogun State. The gesture is part of collaborations to ensure massive production of cashew in line with the college’s goal of generating fund and also creating employment. It also align with RECTEM’s mandate of instituting hectares of jumbo cashew seedlings plantation, to achieve the dream of establishing cashew nuts processing plants at the Redemption camp. The Director, Entrepreneurship Centre, RECTEM, Dr. Suleman Sunday Onjewu, who took delivery of the seeds, in company of the College’s Librarian, Timothy Ayanda, at RMRDC’s office, Abeokuta, said the collaboration is to support RMRDC in production and processing of raw materials. “What we intend to do ...