Pavore9:



Let us talk about Agriculture which is my forte. I am a moderator in the Agriculture section which l and many others clamoured Seun to create. Go through my threads, they are Agric based. I know the possibilities Agriculture offers.

I have worked on the field while l was in Nigeria and now am in Kenya. From knowledge l have acquired in the course of work l have regularly shared with follow Nigerians through Nairaland and today many are motivated into earning income from growing cucumbers in sacks within spaces hitherto nothing can be grown. To have someone in Lagos grow cucumbers on the decking of an uncompleted building spikes my joy!

I have interned with many Kenyan companies that export Avocados in 40ft containers, likewise firms that daily exports fruits and veggies through airlines. This is what Plateau State could replicate because they have the weather to do fruits and veggies and can utilize the Abuja airport to airlift their exports to major European cities as flight duration from Abuja is shorter by about 2hrs over Nairobi, Europe is heading towards winter, fresh fruits and veggies export from Kenya is going to increase.

Have gone on a working visit to this flower farm and realize there is levels and there are so many of them in Kenya. They earn over a billion dollar from flowers alone.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rxPjdnrwoo0


Even within Nigeria as l have posted in many threads that there is need for independent content providers to looking into Agriculture and produce content as there is no Kenyan TV station that do not weekly run at least 2 Agro based programmes such as Seeds of Gold, Smart Farm, Food Friday, shamba shape-up, Smart Harvest, Hela Mchangali, Breeding cash etc and there is a dedicated TV Station called Farmer TV and through me a lot of Nairalanders follow these programmes from Nigeria! I have assisted many send materials down to Nigeria to replicate what they have watched such as doing vertical sack farming so within a space of 30ft by 90ft one can do veggies that can attract N200K monthly.

It is in my future plan based on experienced gathered to work on delivery fresh cucumbers, lettuce, cabbage, courgettes, aubergine, green peas to city centres across the South east and be less dependent on these veggies coming from the North. Teach the rural folks how to organically grow them and post harvest preservation of the harvest for over a week without the loss of freshness and without the use of electricity!

Bros l don waka o!

Attached are pictures of how Kenya firms package Avocado for export.

fa fa faaa fao! Do you watch the NTA? The few times i tune into it, its always one or two programmes on Agriculture and culture that is always on show. So what are you talking about?

Lettuce, cucumber, carbage and carrots are not our problem! Yes, there are times of the year the prices go up, but that occures everywhere in the world where they have planting all year round.

laudate:


All those your yeye paper statistics that do not hold meaning in the real world, and do not translate into improved standard of living for the citizenry. mtcheew! Go and live in Kenya for two months then come back & compare the difference before you start yarning crap!

now you are condemning paper stats. What exactly have people been using to put down Nigeria all these while?

The Jonathan administration completely transformed the Agricultural sector via two main strategies: policy reforms to eliminate corruption and strengthening of Agricultural institutions. Also, the transformation of the sector bothered on: ensuring food security for Nigerians, providing job opportunities especially for the teeming youth population, reducing expenditure of foreign exchange on food imports, generating foreign exchange and diversifying the economy. And since the transformation of the Agricultural sector, Agriculture is now viewed like a business enterprise and not a developmental program. Contrary to the recent comments of the Edo State Governor – Governor Adams Oshiomole, that the Jonathan administration’s Agricultural reform is a scam, the Goodluck led administration, broke new grounds and recorded monumental giant stride achievements in the Agricultural sector. A landmark achievement of the Jonathan led administration is the eventual resolution of the fertilizer scam that had plagued farmers and enriched the pockets of the political elites for over 40 years. With a mandate from the President to sanitize the fertilizer distribution process and restore sanity, this issue was resolved within 100days in office by the Minister of Agriculture at that time and the now President of the African Development Bank – Dr. Akinwunmi Adesina. It took the introduction of technology to end this long standing menace and eliminate middle men that might attempt to divert the funds or products. The Electronic Wallet System (e-wallet) was created to ensure seed and fertilizer delivery to farmers via their phones and a bio-metric data base was also created for 4.5million farmers which will be updated from time to time. As the largest producer of cassava in the world, Jonathan led a mission to make Nigeria the largest processor of cassava in the world. This was to be achieved by substituting 40% of wheat imports with cassava flour. This culminated in the revamp of several cassava processing companies in the country such as: Thai Farms, DATCO etc. Also, about 150 cassava processing SMEs who were out of business due to the refusal of Flour Mills to buy cassava flour, came right back and all these companies produced about 132,000metric tones of processed cassava flour. President Jonathan on the 30 of November 2011, ordered the commercialization of cassava flour. This resulted in the introduction of the cassava flour bread by two leading corporate bakeries in the country – UTC and Butterfield, and the bread contained 20% of cassava flour. Success was also recorded in local production of rice and reduced importation of rice to the barest minimum, with local rice brands such as Ebony Rice, Ashi rice, Mikap rice etc making their way into the market. 13 new private sector mills were established to buy and process local paddy with a total capacity of 240,000 metric tonnes. Also, 50 young Nigerians underwent a 5months training program on rice production in Kenya and stricter conditions were meted out to rice importers all in a bid to encourage local rice production. Aside improved production of food and cash crops, Goodluck Jonathan inaugurated Agricultural Equipment Hiring Centers. He equipped the centers with over 15,000 power tillers, and 600,000 tractors and this has to a large extent enhanced mechanized farming at highly subsidized rates. Furthermore on crop farming, Goodluck Jonathan secured 4million improved Tenera oil palm nuts from the Nigerian Institute for Oil Palm Research and distributed them to 70 public and private sector nursery operators in order to nurture them into mature seedlings for distribution to farmers in the long run. Concerning Cocoa Plantation, his administration also released 8 new high yielding, fast maturing cocoa hybrids to revolutionize the Cocoa Sector. These hybrids matured within 2 years and yielded in multiples of 5.A total of 3.6million hybrid pods (114 million cocoa seeds) were distributed to farmers free of charge, across cocoa growing states to establish new plantations and phased rehabilitation of old plots. Considering the good work of Goodluck Jonathan in the Agricultural sector, Computer guru – Bill Gates, agreed to serve on the Eminent Persons Group instituted to advise Mr. President on Agriculture to diversify the economy and raise investments to grow the sector. This good work also caught the attention of the international community, with a number of them drumming support for the transformation agenda of GEJ in the Agricultural sector with financial aids. The World Bank released about $500 million, China EXIM donated in the region of $1.5 billion, Ford Foundation also supported with $750,000. In a nutshell, Goodluck Ebele Jonathan did a remarkable job in the revitalization of the Agricultural sector in Nigeria during his tenure and the election of his Minister of Agriculture – Dr. Akinwunmi Adesina, as the new President of the African Development Bank is an attestation of the giant accomplishments of the duo of Jonathan and Adesina in Nigeria’s Agricultural Terrain and its impact on the entire Country’s Economic Landscape.

that story can be found here. http://thesheet.ng/the-hidden-truths-about-jonathans-agricultural-transformation-agenda/

It seems Nigeria is not a basket case afterall. Talking about a mobile money somewhere in East Africa, Nigeria is using an e-wallet to help get fertilizers to farmers in a quicker way and in a way that corruption is eliminated.

“We created an electronic platform (e-
wallet) on which we registered farmers
and agro-dealers who own shops that
sell farm inputs all over the country. To
date we have registered 4.2 million
farmers and about 900 agro-dealers. We
developed the first ever registered data
base of farmers in Nigeria, which we
will upgrade every year. For the first
time ever, we can now base policy
decisions on data, not guess work.”
“Registered farmers are sent electronic
vouchers directly from the federal
government to their cell phones. This
voucher or e-wallet informs the farmer
that he or she is entitled to buy two
50kg bags of fertilizer at 50% of the
purchase price. The voucher essentially
serves as cash on their phones and this
cash covers 50% of the market price of
the fertilizer. The farmer therefore pays
only 50% of the cost of the fertilizer to
the fertilizer retailer. Fertilizer and seed
retailers no longer supply seeds and
fertilizers directly to government. They
now sell directly to farmers. Government
helps the farmer to buy inputs by
providing direct support through their
cellphones (e-wallet).”
Dr Adesina maintained that plans are
underway to use the GES scheme to help
farmers access tractor hiring services,
adding that instead of government
procuring tractors for farmers,
government will encourage the private
sector to establish tractor hiring centers
so that farmers can hire tractors from
these centers with government
subsidizing the cost of hiring tractors
through the e-wallet using farmers’
cellphones.
That brings the questions: “Why
cellphones for farmers?” “Will the
fertilizers and seeds be attached to the
cellphones?” “Will tractors be attached
to the cellphones”? Dr Adesina stated
that going by previous experience and
the achievement recorded in the area of
fertilizer and tractor sectors, ”Yes!” It is
actually the cell phone that has provided
us with the tool to directly access each
farmer thereby saving them from
corrupt middlemen who make their
fortune from exploiting the poor.”
He added that “from the data we
collected based on farmers’ use of
cellphones to access fertilizers and
seeds last year, we found that the total
number of transactions done through
phones with respect to the GES scheme
was 4.9 million. Of these, 1.2 million
were in English, 620,000 were in Pidgin,
2.2 million were in Hausa, and 854,000
were in Yoruba and 344 were in Igbo,
arguing that the rural farmers are
already using the cellphones to transact
their businesses.
He stressed that there would be no
direct procurement of phones by the
federal government, neither will
government give anyone contracts to
import phones from China or anywhere
else, nor there would be N 60billion
anywhere to be used to buy cellphones,
but maintained that the Ministry of
Agriculture and that of Communications
Technology would partner together to
implement this policy.
“We intend to use the GES scheme to
distribute these phones. To be entitled
to a phone, farmers must be registered
on the e-wallet platform. Paper vouchers
will be issued to farmers who do not
have phones.
The government will provide a subsidy
to the farmer through the voucher to
buy the phone. The farmer takes the
voucher to the local mobile phone
operator and pays the balance which is
the difference between the value of the
voucher and the cost of the phone.
Once a farmer buys a phone and a SIM
card, his new phone number will be
updated on the e-wallet database and
he will be able to receive his e-wallet
voucher which will entitle him to
purchase fertilizer and seeds at
subsidized rates. Phones will be sold
directly to farmers by local mobile phone
service providers.
He added that cellphones in the agric
sector is not new as several hundreds of
thousand farmers are already being
reached through their cellphones,
benefiting from the robust government
programes. “We are already using
cellphones to reach 232,000 farmers for
rice production in the dry season, each
getting 3 bags, across 10 states of the
north east, northwest and north central
regions.
To reach farmers affected by the flood,
we are also using cellphones through
the growth enhancement support. We
are reaching 98,000 farmers affected by
floods across the country with 2 bags of
fertilizers per farmer, plus one bag of
agrolyser micro-nutrient to replace
some of the soil micro-nutrients that
have been washed away by the flood.
Such is the power of cellphones
revolutionizing agriculture today in
Nigeria,” he stated.

http://www.vanguardngr.com/2013/01/cellphones-were-already-using-it-to-reach-232000-farmers-agric-minister/

even states are taking the bull by the horn and getting things done in the Fed Rep of Nigeria. It is like the Rift Valley region and anyother region going into partnership to provide food, jobs and altimately, grow Kenya's GDP.

The recent signing of MoU between the
governments of Kebbi and Lagos States
on the rice value chain where the former
being the largest producer of rice in the
country with comparative advantage will
produce paddy rice for the latter being
the biggest consumer of rice in the
country is indeed a welcome
development.
According to media reports, during the
signing of the MoU, Lagos State
Governor, Akinwumi Ambode expressed
optimism that the pact would go a long
way in ensuring food security, creating
job opportunities for the people, boost
the economy of the two states and
increase Nigeria’s Gross Domestic
Product (GDP). On his part, the Kebbi
State Governor, Mr. Atiku Bagudu
described the MoU as an innovative
partnership that would lead the way
positively for Nigeria as years of policy
distortion had demoralized local
producers of agricultural products from
competing with their foreign
counterparts which had in turn affected
the economy of Nigeria negatively.
Under the MoU which is the first of its
kind amongst States of the Federation,
the Lagos State is to establish a modern
rice-processing Mill in Kebbi State which
being the highest rice-growing area in
Nigeria will produce rice paddy to feed
the mill.
Other high-rice growing areas in the
country include, Abakaliki Basin, Ebonyi
State, Adani, Enugu State, Bida Basin,
Niger State and the Lake Chad Basin, in
Borno State amongst others.
It would be recalled that President
Muhammadu Buhari had last year
officially flagged off dry season rice and
wheat farming in Kebbi state and also
launched the N20billion Anchor
Borrowers’ Programme (ABP) which the
Central Bank of Nigeria has set aside for
rice farmers across the country. At the
ceremony, the President enthused, “The
importance of agriculture to the
economy cannot be over emphasized
because economic diversification is the
only way to prosperity. Go back to the
land and develop agriculture because the
era of depending on oil is over,” he said.
Also speaking at the event, Governor,
Central Bank of Nigeria, Godwin Emefiele
said that the Anchor Borrowers’
programme was designed to create
economic linkages between farmers and
processors, not only to ensure the
output of rice and wheat, but also to
bridge the gap between production and
consumption.
“Over 200,000 rice and wheat farmers
will benefit from the scheme ranging
from N150,000 to N250,000 to assist in
procuring necessary agricultural inputs.
“The programme is an initiative of the
CBN aimed at creating an ecosystem to
link out-growers (smallholder farmers)
to local processors”, he said.
It is regrettable that agriculture which
used to be the country’s economic
mainstay has been allowed to
degenerate. As statistics indicate, it is
equally lamentable that in 2010 alone,
Nigeria spent 635 Billion Naira on import
of wheat, 356 billion naira on
importation of rice, an average of N1
Billion Naira per day on rice alone, N217
Billion naira on Sugar and with all the
marine resources, rivers, lakes and
creeks in the country, Nigeria spends a
whopping sum of 97 Billion Naira on fish
imports.
http://agricnation.com/home/applauding-kebbi-lagos-agric-partnership/

Kenya di mma karia nigeria, d ocha na ndi mara mma

craziebone:


fa fa faaa fao! Do you watch the NTA? The few times i tune into it, its always one or two programmes on Agriculture and culture that is always on show. So what are you talking about?

Lettuce, cucumber, carbage and carrots are not our problem! Yes, there are times of the year the prices go up, but that occures everywhere in the world where they have planting all year round.

I stated out those veggies because l know what it takes to get it down to the South east and it will boost the economy of my region if they can grow and distribute. Go to the Agric section and do a survey. asking how many of our young farmers there follow the well packaged Agro programming on NTA and how it has motivated them.

This picture will attest that GEJ acknowledged Kenya's capacity and was a major focus during his visit. At least fresh milk is one of the cheapest thing that can be bought in Kenya.

craziebone:

this is where the problem is. When other people quote stats, to you frustrated Nigerians, it is ok. But when we quote stats, then it doesn't reflect situations on ground. C'mon, its just a proposed bill and you are already begining to jump upandan.

craziebone:

now you are condemning paper stats. What exactly have people been using to put down Nigeria all these while?

Because the paper stats you quote for the Nigerian setting bears very little correlation to the actual reality on ground, unlike what happens in those other African countries quoted previously, where you can actually see the difference between what is quoted and what takes place in reality.

Visit those countries and do a reality check. Verify before you start refuting facts that exist within their borders, which is even obvious to a blind man!

Ocha gi obodo mbu ma o buru na I choro nkwanye ugwu nke kenyans, na uwa n'obosara ugwu. #respectkenyans

if as at 2015 before the free fall of the Naira, agriculture contributes over 240bn dollar to Nigeria's GDP. Then today after the fall of the Naira by a third of its worth, it means agric now contributes 61bn dollar to Nigeria's economy. That's the entire worth of the Kenyan economy! And some people still want to portray Nigeria as a basket case.

Nigeria’s agric sector contributes over
$245bn to GDP
Minister
of
Agriculture and Rural Development, Dr.
Akinwumi Adesina, has said the size of
agricultural Gross Domestic Product
(GDP) has risen from N14 trillion in 2011
to N46.6 trillion (about $245bn) as of
2014.
Receiving an award as the “Newswatch
Man of the Year 2014 in Project
Management and Revenue Generation”
on Thursday in Abuja, Adesina said that
the figure surpassed the total
agricultural GDP for the 8-year period of
2000—2008 which was N42 trillion.
Quoting from the National Bureau of
Statistics (NBS) reports, he said: “The
agriculture GDP of Nigeria rose from N
14 trillion in 2011, to N 15.8 trillion by
2012 and 16.8 trillion by 2013.
“The total agricultural GDP in just three
years of 2011-2014 was N 46.6 trillion,
surpassing the total cumulative GDP for
the 8-year period of 2000-2008 of N 42
trillion.”
As part of achievements in the
Agricultural Transformation Agenda
(ATA) in the last three years, the minister
said over 3.5 million farm jobs have
been created across the agricultural
value chains, spurring a revival of rural
economies, especially for millions of
youths and reducing rural-to-urban
migration.
“The agriculture sector has brought
macroeconomic and fiscal stability for
the country, despite the depreciation of
the Naira and steep decline in the price
of crude oil, food prices have been
largely stable,” he said.
Adesina also said the production of
maize has recorded tremendous success
as 14 million metric tonnes of maize
were produced in the last three years of
the implementation of ATA.

http://tungamediang.com/nigerias-agric-sector-contributes-over-245bn-to-gdp/

laudate:

Because the paper stats you quote for the Nigerian setting bears very little correlation to the actual reality on ground, unlike what happens in those other African countries quoted previously, where you can actually see the difference between what is quoted and what takes place in reality.

Visit those countries and do a reality check. Verify before you start refuting facts that exist within their borders, which is even obvious to a blind man!

when we say through our stats that Nigeria's economy rose to be the largest on the African continent back in 2014, then it is because we CAN SEE WITH OUR EYES THAT OTHER SECTORS WHICH WERE NOT THERE IN THE EARLY 90S ARE NOW THERE TODAY. SECTORS LIKE ENTERTAINMENT, TELECOMS, RETAIL AND BANKING HAS RECIEVED BOOST.

the cynicism in the likes of you would keep you ignorant of the Fed Rep of Nigeria. This means you can't make the most the country has to offer, try all you can. If Nigeria were to be a basket republic, many world organizations would not have their regional head office in the Fed Rep of Nigeria!

I will never forget kenyans when they compare nigerian ICT minister and kenyan ICT minister , kenyans are good punchers I respect kenyans

craziebone:
if as at 2015 before the free fall of the Naira, agriculture contributes over 240bn dollar to Nigeria's GDP. Then today after the fall of the Naira by a third of its worth, it means agric now contributes 61bn dollar to Nigeria's economy. That's the entire worth of the Kenyan economy! And some people still want to portray Nigeria as a basket case.

Nigeria’s agric sector contributes over
$245bn to GDP
Minister
of
Agriculture and Rural Development, Dr.
Akinwumi Adesina, has said the size of
agricultural Gross Domestic Product
(GDP) has risen from N14 trillion in 2011
to N46.6 trillion (about $245bn) as of
2014.
Receiving an award as the “Newswatch
Man of the Year 2014 in Project
Management and Revenue Generation”
on Thursday in Abuja, Adesina said that
the figure surpassed the total
agricultural GDP for the 8-year period of
2000—2008 which was N42 trillion.
Quoting from the National Bureau of
Statistics (NBS) reports, he said: “The
agriculture GDP of Nigeria rose from N
14 trillion in 2011, to N 15.8 trillion by
2012 and 16.8 trillion by 2013.
“The total agricultural GDP in just three
years of 2011-2014 was N 46.6 trillion,
surpassing the total cumulative GDP for
the 8-year period of 2000-2008 of N 42
trillion.”
As part of achievements in the
Agricultural Transformation Agenda
(ATA) in the last three years, the minister
said over 3.5 million farm jobs have
been created across the agricultural
value chains, spurring a revival of rural
economies, especially for millions of
youths and reducing rural-to-urban
migration.
“The agriculture sector has brought
macroeconomic and fiscal stability for
the country, despite the depreciation of
the Naira and steep decline in the price
of crude oil, food prices have been
largely stable,” he said.
Adesina also said the production of
maize has recorded tremendous success
as 14 million metric tonnes of maize
were produced in the last three years of
the implementation of ATA.

http://tungamediang.com/nigerias-agric-sector-contributes-over-245bn-to-gdp/

Lemme demystify the above statement. Agriculture now contributes about 22% of Nigeria's gdp($60bn) and 30%of Kenya's gdp ($20bn). Nigeria's output is by no doubt much larger. But Nigeria has 39% of its total area as arable while for Kenya it's just 7%. So we have a $0.16bn/Sq km output for Nigeria and a $0.5bn/Sq km productivity for Kenya. This implies that for the same land size, agriculture in Kenya is close to 5 times more productive than in Nigeria while in total output, Nigeria is 3 times more productive

this is for those who believe Nigeria's economy is about oil, and are quick to point to oil as our saving grace in order to sooth their pain that we are actually the Giant of Africa and i say that without appology. http://punchng.com/non-oil-sector-growth-looks-positive-amid-q2-decline/

Nigeria’s Gross Domestic Product has
contracted by 2.1 per cent in the
second quarter of 2016, according to
data from the National Bureau of
Statistics. However, seven activities in
the non-oil sector recorded positive
growth.
The activities that drove growth in the
non-oil sector included: agriculture;
Information and Communication; water
supply; arts, entertainment and
recreation; professional, scientific,
education and technical services..
Although growth in the sector declined
by 0.38 in real terms in Q2 2016, the
sector contributed 91.74 per cent to
the nation’s GDP, higher from shares
recorded in Q1 which was 89.71 per
cent and Q2 2015 which was 90.20 per
cent, according to the NBS data.
An earlier data compiled by the
Bloomberg had put growth in the
sector at -0.36 per cent in Q1 2016.
A 2.1 per cent GDP contraction beat
analysts’ forecast by 0.5 per cent. The
median of 17 economist estimates
compiled by Bloomberg was for 1.6 per
cent contraction.
Bloomberg quoted an analyst at the
London-based Capital Economics
Limited, John Ashbourne, as saying that
there was poor performance across
almost the entire economy, adding,
“Every engine has blown out.”
But there have been a lot of efforts on
the part of the government to diversify
the economy by leveraging agriculture
and other activities. In line with this
vision, the Minister of Agriculture and
Rural Development, Chief Audu Ogbeh,
has been carrying out sweeping
reforms meant to enhance crop
production across key food chains.
He stated during the launch of his most
recent reform-the Agriculture
Promotion Policy- that it was a
“refreshed strategy” to tackle foreign
exchange scarcity, end food
importation and boost local food
production.
According to him, the programme has
placed priority on improving
productivity of a number of crops and
activities such as rice, wheat, maize,
fish (aquaculture), dairy milk, soya
beans, poultry, horticulture (fruits and
vegetables), and sugar.
He said, “Nigeria believes that the gap
can be closed by partnering private
investors across farmer groups and
companies to develop end-to-end value
chain solutions. These chains will
receive facilitated government support
as they make deep commitments to
engaging a new generation of farmers,
improving supply of specialised
fertilizers and protection chemicals, as
well as wider scale use of high-yielding
seeds.”
The agriculture programme is also
receiving support at the state levels
where states like Taraba, Lagos, Ebonyi
and so many others have embarked on
aggressive programmes targeted at
enhancing productivity in crops and
activities where each state has
comparative advantage. While Taraba
and Ebonyi have been consolidating on
local rice production advantage, Lagos
State has taken advantage of its natural
environment to develop aquaculture
and other key minerals found in
abundance in the state.
The Federal Government is targeting
tax revenue from activities in the non-
oil sector to finance the 2016 budget
amidst declining oil revenue.

Now I am learning nigerian languages via the help of 'google translation' because of nairaland, this thing of kenya vs nigeria on tweeter make me laugh non stop , kenyans are good fighters on social media , they know how to provoke other people painful but on other side entertaining I don't know what to say, but kenyans are good ,

AfroCircus:

Lemme demystify the above statement. Agriculture now contributes about 22% of Nigeria's gdp($60bn) and 30%of Kenya's gdp ($20bn). Nigeria's output is by no doubt much larger. But Nigeria has 39% of its total area as arable while for Kenya it's just 7%. So we have a $0.16bn/Sq km output for Nigeria and a $0.5bn/Sq km productivity for Kenya. This implies that for the same land size, agriculture in Kenya is close to 5 times more productive than in Nigeria while in total output, Nigeria is 3 times more productive

my dear, accept it already that when it comes to Agriculture, we trump Kenya even with our sick Naira. If we were to make the most of our Agric potential and every other country does the same, what do you think will be the resultant effect of agric produce in the intl market?

Saudi Arabia can export more crude than they are currently exporting but they are not doing so. Why is that? It is because if they do, there will be a glot in the market and that would mean cheaper crude oil which won't work in the favour of producers.

If Kenya is making more of their agric potential, then it is because its the biggest thing they could lay their hands on, that's not the case with Nigeria! So please give honour to whom honour is due.

MPSA:
Now I am learning nigerian languages via the help of google translation because of nairaland, this thing of kenya vs nigeria on tweeter make me laugh non stop , kenyans are good fighters on social media , they know how to provoke other people painful but on other side entertaining I don't know what to say, but kenyans are good ,

lol all in all it was good comedy although they really got us dis tym we used taa have they upper hand against them especially in this type of situations but since bubu came too power only a fool would ague that Kenya isn't far beta na Nigeria abt de Nigerian languages I tink u should just learn pidgin English most 9ja jokes are in pidgin plus Nigeria has abt 250 languages which most of did generation dont speak and Ghana Liberia seria Lorne and Nigeria also speak pidgin

craziebone:


my dear, accept it already that when it comes to Agriculture, we trump Kenya even with our sick Naira. If we were to make the most of our Agric potential and every other country does the same, what do you think will be the resultant effect of agric produce in the intl market?

Saudi Arabia can export more crude than they are currently exporting but they are not doing so. Why is that? It is because if they do, there will be a glot in the market and that would mean cheaper crude oil which won't work in the favour of producers.

If Kenya is making more of their agric potential, then it is because its the biggest thing they could lay their hands on, that's not the case with Nigeria! So please give honour to whom honour is due.

Make l laugh small!

I bought 400gm of bread for 50ksh in 2013, in 2016 l still buy 400gms for 50ksh abeg direct me where l can buy fresh milk from a milk dispensing machine in Lagos from the billions of litres of milk Nigeria is currently producing!

CSTR2:
I doubt that Mr femi.
Their economy is more sophisticated, more diversified, though smaller. Their ICT sector is probably the best in Africa.
Their Currency is competing favourably with the dollar right now, and the standard of living is increasing steadily.
Nigeria is the complete opposite.

No sir shilling not competing with SA rand talkless of dollars .

PROVERBZ:
lol all in all it was good comedy although they really got us dis tym we used taa have they upper hand against them especially in this type of situations but since bubu came too power only a fool would ague that Kenya isn't far beta na Nigeria abt de Nigerian languages I tink u should just learn pidgin English most 9ja jokes are in pidgin plus Nigeria has abt 250 languages which most of did generation dont speak and Ghana Liberia seria Lorne and Nigeria also speak pidgin

I will learn more about nigerian languages when the time goes on, I only saw two languages on google translation ( yoruba and igbo), the rest I will learn here on nairaland. I can't comment more about this two countries, because I only know more about my country south africa, what I know about nigeria from the media is high population, poor infrastructural maintenance, oil, number one in africa, lastly the Giant thing, that is all I know from the media. On Kenya; Masai tribe, wild life, Nairobi small but beautiful and clean, compare to big lagos but unattractive because of very poor infrastructural maintenance, that is all I see from nairaland and other media. For tourism, I go for kenya; for deep african culture, I go for nigeria.

MPSA:


I will learn more about nigerian languages when the time goes on, I only saw two languages on google translation ( yoruba and igbo), the rest I will learn here on nairaland. I can't comment more about this two countries, because I only know more about my country south africa, what I know about nigeria from the media is high population, poor infrastructural maintenance, oil, number one in africa, lastly the Giant thing, that is all I know from the media. On Kenya; Masai tribe, wild life, Nairobi small but beautiful and clean, compare to big lagos but unattractive because of poor maintenance, that is all I see from nairaland and other media.

the media over there is very wicked ooo no good tin abt Nigeria + they tink Lagos = the whole of Nigeria

craziebone:


my dear, accept it already that when it comes to Agriculture, we trump Kenya even with our sick Naira. If we were to make the most of our Agric potential and every other country does the same, what do you think will be the resultant effect of agric produce in the intl market?

Saudi Arabia can export more crude than they are currently exporting but they are not doing so. Why is that? It is because if they do, there will be a glot in the market and that would mean cheaper crude oil which won't work in the favour of producers.

If Kenya is making more of their agric potential, then it is because its the biggest thing they could lay their hands on, that's not the case with Nigeria! So please give honour to whom honour is due.

This is one funny chest thumping friend. With more than a third of your land being arable , you still pride yourself for producing more agriculture in aggregate terms than a largely arid (93%), 4 times less populated country half Nigeria's size in area. If only Nigeria achieved Kenya's productivity level, agricultural output would be at 300bn, more than the current total gdp! Yet Kenya is just a meer developing nation, what of the netherlands' or Taiwan's productivity level? The potential we are sitting on is such that priding oneself of such meager achievements is almost a joke.

And agriculture isn't the biggest thing Kenya could lay its hands on, tourism is to them what oil is to Nigeria, a cash cow. And trust me, that sector is quite advanced for a developing nation. The transportation sector such as tour travels and Airlines (Kenya airways), accommodation sector, communication sector, retail and other tour associated sectors are quite developed.

MPSA:


I will learn more about nigerian languages when the time goes on, I only saw two languages on google translation ( yoruba and igbo), the rest I will learn here on nairaland. I can't comment more about this two countries, because I only know more about my country south africa, what I know about nigeria from the media is high population, poor infrastructural maintenance, oil, number one in africa, lastly the Giant thing, that is all I know from the media. On Kenya; Masai tribe, wild life, Nairobi small but beautiful and clean, compare to big lagos but unattractive because of very poor infrastructural maintenance, that is all I see from nairaland and other media. For tourism, I go for kenya; for deep african culture, I go for nigeria.

Take time to travel and this continent will stun you. For instance, all I used to know about your country SA was that every thing is old from the 70s built by the whites for the whites while the vast black population lives in Shanty towns. After visiting there, my perspective was completely changed, I even wonder from where does the media get its info

MPSA:
Now I am learning nigerian languages via the help of 'google translation' because of nairaland, this thing of kenya vs nigeria on tweeter make me laugh non stop , kenyans are good fighters on social media , they know how to provoke other people painful but on other side entertaining I don't know what to say, but kenyans are good ,

why don't you check this out?

https://www.nairaland.com/2700660/nigerians-kenyans-attack-one-another

PROVERBZ:
the media over there is very wicked ooo no good tin abt Nigeria + they tink Lagos = the whole of Nigeria

Nairaland is a good platform to change our mind about your country and africa, most south africans know nothing about africa, we are here to learn about africa, my country was ruled by white people for many many years, our culture is completely different compare to the rest of the continent, our great great fathers passes what they learned from whites to us, if you can google the list of south african president since the beginning of the earth, you will never see the black president till Nelson Mandela in 1994, our light completion is our secreat identity from the coisan, don't blame our media teach us about your country. Is going to take us years to realize we are in africa, africa is far away from us, we are trying to learn

Pavore9:



Let us talk about Agriculture which is my forte. I am a moderator in the Agriculture section which l and many others clamoured Seun to create. Go through my threads, they are Agric based. I know the possibilities Agriculture offers.

I have worked on the field while l was in Nigeria and now am in Kenya. From knowledge l have acquired in the course of work l have regularly shared with follow Nigerians through Nairaland and today many are motivated into earning income from growing cucumbers in sacks within spaces hitherto nothing can be grown. To have someone in Lagos grow cucumbers on the decking of an uncompleted building spikes my joy!

I have interned with many Kenyan companies that export Avocados in 40ft containers, likewise firms that daily exports fruits and veggies through airlines. This is what Plateau State could replicate because they have the weather to do fruits and veggies and can utilize the Abuja airport to airlift their exports to major European cities as flight duration from Abuja is shorter by about 2hrs over Nairobi, Europe is heading towards winter, fresh fruits and veggies export from Kenya is going to increase.

Have gone on a working visit to this flower farm and realize there is levels and there are so many of them in Kenya. They earn over a billion dollar from flowers alone.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rxPjdnrwoo0


Even within Nigeria as l have posted in many threads that there is need for independent content providers to looking into Agriculture and produce content as there is no Kenyan TV station that do not weekly run at least 2 Agro based programmes such as Seeds of Gold, Smart Farm, Food Friday, shamba shape-up, Smart Harvest, Hela Mchangali, Breeding cash etc and there is a dedicated TV Station called Farmer TV and through me a lot of Nairalanders follow these programmes from Nigeria! I have assisted many send materials down to Nigeria to replicate what they have watched such as doing vertical sack farming so within a space of 30ft by 90ft one can do veggies that can attract N200K monthly.

It is in my future plan based on experienced gathered to work on delivery fresh cucumbers, lettuce, cabbage, courgettes, aubergine, green peas to city centres across the South east and be less dependent on these veggies coming from the North. Teach the rural folks how to organically grow them and post harvest preservation of the harvest for over a week without the loss of freshness and without the use of electricity!

Bros l don waka o!

Attached are pictures of how Kenya firms package Avocado for export.

Man ,this agriculture thing is dope.I also tip my hat off to you Pavore9 for your keen interest and focus on agribusiness you're doing an amazing job keep it up.

craziebone:
why don't you check this out?

https://www.nairaland.com/2700660/nigerians-kenyans-attack-one-another

This fight was tough , You must invite more kenyans on nairaland, they know how to start a fire I like this

craziebone:
this is for those who believe Nigeria's economy is about oil, and are quick to point to oil as our saving grace in order to sooth their pain that we are actually the Giant of Africa and i say that without appology. http://punchng.com/non-oil-sector-growth-looks-positive-amid-q2-decline/

Nigeria’s Gross Domestic Product has
contracted by 2.1 per cent in the
second quarter of 2016, according to
data from the National Bureau of
Statistics. However, seven activities in
the non-oil sector recorded positive
growth.
The activities that drove growth in the
non-oil sector included: agriculture;
Information and Communication; water
supply; arts, entertainment and
recreation; professional, scientific,
education and technical services..
Although growth in the sector declined
by 0.38 in real terms in Q2 2016, the
sector contributed 91.74 per cent to
the nation’s GDP, higher from shares
recorded in Q1 which was 89.71 per
cent and Q2 2015 which was 90.20 per
cent, according to the NBS data.
An earlier data compiled by the
Bloomberg had put growth in the
sector at -0.36 per cent in Q1 2016.
A 2.1 per cent GDP contraction beat
analysts’ forecast by 0.5 per cent. The
median of 17 economist estimates
compiled by Bloomberg was for 1.6 per
cent contraction.
Bloomberg quoted an analyst at the
London-based Capital Economics
Limited, John Ashbourne, as saying that
there was poor performance across
almost the entire economy, adding,
“Every engine has blown out.”
But there have been a lot of efforts on
the part of the government to diversify
the economy by leveraging agriculture
and other activities. In line with this
vision, the Minister of Agriculture and
Rural Development, Chief Audu Ogbeh,
has been carrying out sweeping
reforms meant to enhance crop
production across key food chains.
He stated during the launch of his most
recent reform-the Agriculture
Promotion Policy- that it was a
“refreshed strategy” to tackle foreign
exchange scarcity, end food
importation and boost local food
production.
According to him, the programme has
placed priority on improving
productivity of a number of crops and
activities such as rice, wheat, maize,
fish (aquaculture), dairy milk, soya
beans, poultry, horticulture (fruits and
vegetables), and sugar.
He said, “Nigeria believes that the gap
can be closed by partnering private
investors across farmer groups and
companies to develop end-to-end value
chain solutions. These chains will
receive facilitated government support
as they make deep commitments to
engaging a new generation of farmers,
improving supply of specialised
fertilizers and protection chemicals, as
well as wider scale use of high-yielding
seeds.”
The agriculture programme is also
receiving support at the state levels
where states like Taraba, Lagos, Ebonyi
and so many others have embarked on
aggressive programmes targeted at
enhancing productivity in crops and
activities where each state has
comparative advantage. While Taraba
and Ebonyi have been consolidating on
local rice production advantage, Lagos
State has taken advantage of its natural
environment to develop aquaculture
and other key minerals found in
abundance in the state.
The Federal Government is targeting
tax revenue from activities in the non-
oil sector to finance the 2016 budget
amidst declining oil revenue.

you just dey copy and paste here, write something you know from your head.... since morning I never see light for my area,... how many times person go tell una say Kenya better pass 9jA.. argument do too much, this thread go soon enter page 9 and 10, I have been to Kenya and see with my eyes, good night

laudate:


All those your yeye paper statistics that do not hold meaning in the real world, and do not translate into improved standard of living for the citizenry. mtcheew! Go and live in Kenya for two months then come back & compare the difference before you start yarning crap!

receive sense in Jesus name Amen.

craziebone:
when we say through our stats that Nigeria's economy rose to be the largest on the African continent back in 2014, then it is because we CAN SEE WITH OUR EYES THAT OTHER SECTORS WHICH WERE NOT THERE IN THE EARLY 90S ARE NOW THERE TODAY. SECTORS LIKE ENTERTAINMENT, TELECOMS, RETAIL AND BANKING HAS RECIEVED BOOST.

the cynicism in the likes of you would keep you ignorant of the Fed Rep of Nigeria. This means you can't make the most the country has to offer, try all you can. If Nigeria were to be a basket republic, many world organizations would not have their regional head office in the Fed Rep of Nigeria!

Chai! May the good Lord deliver you from this myopia. Go and visit those African countries that have been mentioned & live there for a few months, before you come back online to start your moonlight tales. Using the rebasing of the economy as an excuse to justify your so-called superiority over other African nations which have better infrastructure, better life expectancy, better standard of living etc., is nothing but a joke! Drop this delusion that Nigeria is the giant of Africa. Receive sense, in Jesus name!

Pavore9:


Make l laugh small!

I bought 400gm of bread for 50ksh in 2013, in 2016 l still buy 400gms for 50ksh abeg direct me where l can buy fresh milk from a milk dispensing machine in Lagos from the billions of litres of milk Nigeria is currently producing!

i bought a loaf of bread for 280 naira last year. Today, and even with the sick Naira, i still buy it at the same rate. Its a good thing how you cherry picked just one commodity to use as an example here as if there are no other commodity who's price has shot up in Kenya in the last one year.