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
Farmer/herder clashes: Lawmaker seeks implementation of extant laws on ranching
A member of House of Representatives, Nnamdi Ezechi, has advocated for strict implementation of extant laws prohibiting open grazing in the states.
Ezechi stated this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria in Abuja while reacting to the recent killing of a member of a vigilance group in his constituency, Mr Ogonegbu Chukwunomnazu.
The lawmaker, representing Ndokwa East/Ndokwa West and Ukwuani in the lower legislative chamber, while condemning the killing, reiterated the imperatives of implementing extant laws on open grazing by states.
He urged the Inspector-General of Police to help fish out the killers of his constituent and bring them to justice.
“I call on the I-GP to rise up to the occasion by apprehending those behind the killing of the vigilante member.
“I also expect the police and other security agencies to help implement laws by various states, including Delta, that prohibit open grazing and provide for cattle ranching,” he said.
According to him, it is wrong for people to cause disadvantage to others with their own businesses.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the lawmaker had earlier raised the matter through a motion of urgent national importance on the floor of the house.
NAN also reports that the Speaker, Rep. Tajudeen Abbas, had also called on the inspector-general of police and other security agencies to swing into action on the matter.
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