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Obasanjo Welcomes Mugabe's Castaway Farmers.

Asia Africa Intelligence Wire

| April 02, 2004 | COPYRIGHT 2003 Financial Times Ltd. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

(From Zimbabwe Independent - AAGM)

Byline: Augustine Mukaro

DISPLACED Zimbabwean commercial farmers have found a new base in Nigeria's Kwara State following an invitation to resuscitate commercial agriculture in that country by President Olusegun Obasanjo.

A team of six Zimbabwean farmers returned from Nigeria last week after a week-long visit to investigate the potential for commercial agriculture. The team visited Kwara State in western Nigeria at the invitation of state governor, Dr Bukola Saraki.

Zimbabwean farmers have also been to other countries, including Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia and Mozambique.

In Nigeria the …

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