Agriculture
Organic Market Value To hits $150bn In 5 Years Globally If…… NEPC
… As Organic Agriculture Business Summit kick off in Abuja
Joel Ajayi
Executive Director of National Export Promotion Council NEPC, Olusegun Arowolo has said the global value of organic market will hit $150 billion in the next five year, if necessary attention, awareness is given to Ecological Organic Agriculture.
Arowolo who was represented by Mr Williams Ezeagu stated this on Tuesday, in Abuja at the National Organic Agriculture Business Summit NOABS 2021.
He expressed that organic certified foods will reduce the negative impact of inorganic on both human animal.
According to him, recently the action plan under the world food summit identifies the importance of organic input technologies farming techniques and other sustainable methods in organic farming.
“With the negative effect of covid – 19 Pandemic, increasing awareness of healthy food consumption and living, global value of organic market could leap to 150 billion within th e next 5 years.
“With proper organic certification in place, there is huge potential to earn substantial forign exchange which could translate into higher income for our farmers, exportters and other value chain operators.
“The aims of organic agriculture essentially is to produce safe agricultural products for humam consumption and to reduce the negative impact of organic materials on human animal health.
“The need for organic certified foods for both humam and animal is to reduce the negatibe impact of inorganic fertilizer on soil and ecology with a view to reducing th e impact on environment thus reduction in global warnming and climate change.”
He added: “With more awareness and sensitization on the importance of organic and other certification in the export value chain, the acceptance of Nigerian products in the International Market will increase and more importantly, our export would be more competitive.
“He urged all Stakeholders to double their efforts to ensure that Nigerian MSME and producers key into certification in the production and processing systems.
In his Keynote Address the Minister, Federal Ministry of Industry, Trade and Investment Otunba Niyi Adebayo, who was represented by the Director of Commodity Export Department Suleiman Adebayo promised that the government under the leadership of President Muhammadu Buhari will leave no stone to ensure it provide enabling environment for organic agriculture to drive in the country.
While giving overview of the submit, Country Coordinator Of Ecological Organic Agriculture Dr Olugbenga Adeoluwa said the aim of the summit is to ensure wide spread of benefits of organic agriculture to all stakeholders of organic agriculture sector in the country as well as to catalyze development of organic agriculture business in Nigeria.
He equally stated that the summit will provide a national platform for organic agriculture stakeholders in the country and sustaining the drive for sustainable organic agriculture development in the country.
“The need to improve capacity of strategic stakeholders in the organic agricultural sector of Nigeria; food security, income generation, employment, systems resilience, among others.
“Thus, the annual National Organic Agriculture Business Summit (NOABS) is one of the ways of addressing challenges of organic agriculture development in the country.”
Agriculture
Group calls for improved agriculture innovations to boost food security
Mariam Sanni
A Non Governmental Organization, NGO in the agricultural sector, Self Help Africa, SHA has called for improved agricultural innovations to enhance food security and support farmers.
The Country Director, Joy Aderele made this call during in a media chat at the National Mid-term review for the abatement of short-lived climate pollutants in Nigerian Agricultural sector project held in Abuja .
According to her, a recent learning visit revealed that many innovative solutions exist in institutes but are not reaching farmers.
She added that there is a need for policies that would enable researchers in the agricultural sector to disseminate their innovations more effectively.
She emphasized the need for a protocol that allows researchers to share their work without fear of it being taken over is emphasized.
“So we just returned from a learning visit last week, where we had gone to some institutes, great institutes across the country, and I was surprised and amazed to see that we have a lot of innovation sitting in this institute, professors that have done a lot of things that will even make us not to have any issue a young guy in Nigeria. But this learning or innovation is not trickling down. People don’t know about it. The average farmer in my village does not know about the innovation.
“ So I would say that one thing that the ministry should do is to bring up this protocol that enable researchers in the agri space to disseminate their their data, their innovation freely so that farmers and our food security can improve,” she stated.
Aderele highlighted the major achievement of reducing bush burning among farmers, which improves soil and environmental health.
She explained that the promotion of climate-smart agriculture has led to higher crop yields, benefiting farmers and the community.
According to her, Post-harvest losses have been reduced, with rice residue now used to make briquettes, providing an additional income source for farmers.
The country Director said awareness of climate change has increased among farmers, leading to a shift away from traditional, harmful practices like bush burning.
Aderele revealed that the current pilot project in Benue state is aimed to be replicated across all 36 states and the FCT in Nigeria.
She noted that the organization has worked with over 500,000 small farmers globally, with a focus on making farming attractive to young people.
She added that the organization plans to share the lessons learned from the pilot project to improve farming practices nationwide.
The Director, department of agriculture land and climate change management device, Federal Ministry off Agriculture, Muhammed Bello emphasized the importance of sustainable land management for food security and the government’s goal of ensuring healthy soil for farmers.
He surged that the project on abatement of short-lived climate change pollutants is highlighted as a key initiative to clean up and fertilize the land.
He explained that the collaboration is aimed to replicate the project’s achievements and expand its reach across Nigeria, ensuring that more farmers benefit from healthy soil.
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