mikolo80:
we need to stop importing and start producing those imported goods

Boss13:


My thought exactly. Can we imagine that we import sardines? What is sardines - Titus fish and groundnut oil. Even sugar . Sugar is Mauritius main export and their economy is better than Nigeria

easternunion:
Japan has no natural resource. They only have earthquakes and tsunami, but they are the leading light in Asia. Learn from them. Germany doesn't even have ordinary water. They only have their brains. They built VW Bettles - without a radiator.

Ghandi12:
I am recommending we critics start taking practical steps to show we mean all we say.

""For those that have arable lands in Nigeria can we start planting something, anything - cassava, maize or yam?

""We can start having poultry, fish pond/nursery in our compounds to add to our productivity.

""Can fresh graduates start coming together for self-determination instead of expecting jobs that may never be there until 2017?

NAIJASOM:

Nigeria should not be thinking about farming only at this point rather Agro-processing. Studies have shown that most of the fresh food we produce today gets rotten by the time it gets to consumers. [b]Any agriculture without food processing facilities to finished goods is a waste of time.[/b]

Ghandi12:



My brother I am just putting this out if others with more time/space/energy will pick interest - I have been practicing both as leisure and never regretted it.

We are not going to be advanced over-night and that will not be an excuse for us not to start at all. Not a good part of our population fancy processed food.

NAIJASOM:

Groundnut and palm oil are processed food
Bread is processed food
Butter is processed food
Tin Tomatoes is processed food
Garri is processed food
Sugar is processed food
Juice is processed food
Sardine is processed food
Indomie noodle is processed food
My point is that Nigerians eat a lot of processed food without thinking of it as processed

Ghandi12:


I see we are looking at productivity from different angles. I am not a farmer, I am only concerned with how we can shore up our productivity as a nation. I have made my recommendations based on benefits I have derived from little interest in "growing what I eat".

Nonetheless, all you have stated are down the line agricultural production - they are commercial sectors that government can stimulate for growth but I am not sure it is advisable for government to manage such sector.

People need to take-up the challenge of making this "processing" happen locally. But the question will be capital. Garri and Bread are not too capital-intensive to start-up. And we do not import Garri nor Bread anyway - so they are not part of the "threat". We need government and banks to lead and buy into this diversification project.