Agriculture; the Nigerian-Mexican partnership.

Agriculture is unifying force between the developed,underdeveloped and developing countries. The developed countries are blessed with advanced technologies,skills and big data about forces that drive agriculture hence they partner with countries with prospects . Nigeria is blessed with fertile land,man-power,technologies and added advantage of stable weather condition and possibility of various plants and animals to thrive in our country.The current quest of the president Mohammadu Buhari’s to diversify the economy from Oil is anchored on returning the nation back to agriculture. This has created room for partnership such as a recent group of Nigerian and Mexican agro-business interests that visited the Presidential Villa, Abuja. Vice President Yemi Osinbajo told the investors that Present administration will adopt Agricultural policies that will make the diversification of the economy a success, as well as conducive customs and immigration policies that will help drive the vision. He reassures the visitors that President Buhari is keen on placing strides in Agriculture as an integral part of his plan for sustainable economic growth and development. Minister of State for Agriculture & Rural development, Sen. Heineken Lokpobiri who led the delegation stated that the Nigerian- Mexican concern is to cultivate about 9000 hectares of farmland in Edo State, creating about 85,000 jobs in Nigeria. The farm will produce livestock, pineapple, banana and many other crop and is believed to be a wonderful investment that will become the envy of other states and countries in Africa.Read

Agriculture; Nigeria embrace green alternative policy.

Nigeria’s Minister of Agriculture has unveiled a new plan aimed at ensuring the protection of local and foreign investments. Audu Ogbeh told journalists after this week’s Federal Cabinet meeting, that his ministry was talking with the Interior Ministry about training personnel, to take up that responsibility. State House correspondent Tai Amodu reports that the cabinet has endorsed a document containing all policies needed to make agriculture the alternative to oil. The document, called “The Green Alternative,” contains objectives, policies and interventions needed to be put in place in order for Nigeria to achieve self sufficiency and become a major importer of agricultural products as it used to be in the 60s and 70s. Ogbeh concedes that times are hard and there is severe shortage of food, noting that this is due to the fact that Nigeria imports a large part of the food it consumes.Read more

BREAKING THE MYTH IN THE POULTRY VALUE CHAIN.

The raising of birds can be a tedious task, or outright stressful if you dont know how to raise birds.The myth in the chain can be broken with proper education and hands-on work through with professionals. There are various methods of investing in the poultry value chain, these are direct and indirect investment.The common mode of investment here is the direct type; here the investors are involved in various stages of production that resonant with them. The indirect phase,the investors pay a certain amount of money depending on level of investment such as gold,bronze and diamond.The investors partners with agri investors,that raise the birds,sell and give profit to the investor. This is an easy way of investing in the value chain,just pay required amount according to level of participation.Its with so much excitement that i announce the participation of a foreign agri-investment company to the investors forum.The company are coming down with all their expertise ,partnering with farmers to ensure food security.I was amazed at their track records, fast delivery,monitoring of progress of business online, broilers the Ross type, ready for market at 2.6kg at 6 weeks,and the investment is safe and covered by agreements backed by law. This is a new approach to the poultry value chain, another MDGS goal realized by partnering with foreign bodies for growth and development. Yes, you can be a silent partner in the poultry value chain and still make profit.