Yarnvibes:
The Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Audu Ogbeh, has said that arrangements had been concluded for the first container of yams to leave the shores of Nigeria for the European continent on the 29th of June this year.

He disclosed this in Abuja during a chat with journalists on the achievements of his Ministry since the President Muhammadu Buhari-led federal government took over power two years ago.

Ogbeh stated that, within the next two years, Nigeria’s agricultural sector will regain its lost glory at the world stage as a major food producer and exporter.

He noted that apart from yam that will soon be added to the list of farm produce Nigeria exports to the rest of the world, the country was doing well in the exportation of vegetables, beans and cowpeas to India, as well as cashew to Vietnam.

The Minister further said that without the support of Nigerians who heeded the call of President Buhari to take agriculture seriously and shift focus away from oil, the giant strides the country was making in the exportation of farm produce would have been impossible.

He said: “In another two years, we will be back on the world stage where every country had recognized and expected Nigeria to live up to the name – Major Food Producer.

“On the 29th of June this year, the first container of yams will be leaving the shores of Nigeria for UK.

“Yes, we have been dealing with vegetables and a lot of other produce already and we will continue to be selling pulses mainly beans and cowpeas to India.

“We will soon be back exporting cocoa again on a large scale, although we are exporting very little now; and cashew nuts to Vietnam which we intend to start processing here very soon.

“The processed cashew nuts will be exported to Wal-Mart and other major supermarkets across the globe.

“We are on our way. It is just about time.

“The beautiful thing is that Nigerians make me proud. In spite of the trauma they have been through, their response to the call by the President to return to agriculture has been absolutely successful – Young and old, civil servants, military men, journalists, everybody is on his way back to agriculture.

“We only have the challenge, now, of giving them what they need, and we will definitely meet that challenge.”

On the exportation of processed food as against raw farm produce, Ogbeh said that Nigeria had all it takes to effectively play in the international processed food market, stressing that most of what Nigerians ate were already processed foods.

He however said that procurement of machineries, stable electricity, and sudden drop in the value of Naira are some of the challenges that need to be surmounted before the country can play effectively in the processed food market globally?

“We have to process what we grow. There are very few things we eat raw especially vegetables and fruits. But rice, sugar, milk, sorghum, millet, cassava – among those items; we are almost there.

“Nigerians may find that difficult to accept now because the prices are so high and that can be explained by the sudden drop in the value of the Naira. Machineries need to be procured. We need to stabilize electricity otherwise the cost of production and processing gets too high.

“Otherwise, there is no question whether Nigeria can or will get there. It is just a matter of time.

“Unfortunately, for agriculture once a country slows down like we did for nearly 30 years, it becomes difficult to restart the engine.

“But for Nigeria, the people are incredible and they are doing it. It took Brazil 30 years and India 50 years to be able to get to where they are now. It won’t take us that long.

“In 10 years, I tell you, people across planet earth who want to respect Nigeria on agriculture will definitely have to do so; because they have no choice. We are on our way.”

http://fabinfos.com/nigeria-will-start-exporting-yams-to-europe-in-june-2017-agric-minister-ogbeh/

This Ogbeh sef! Is Nigeria self sufficient in yam production as to resort to export of same? Why is government so disconnected from the aspirations of people they claim to govern? A foreigner listenting to this Minister will come to the conclusion that all is well with Nigeria whereas the reverse is the case. What is the cost of a tuber of yam in the market? Previously, new yams cost less but these days, their cost is prohibitive. So, what is Audu Ogbeh talking about?

A country that keeps exporting what she doesn't have in abundance and keep importing what She Has in abundance would never compete with other World Economies. Sadly,this is the situation in Nigeria.

Moneyyy:
Don't these people ever get tired of promises? How many campaign promises have been fulfilled?

But Lier, or is it Lai Mohammed, told bewildered Nigerians that Buhari has fulfilled all his campaign promises. Can you imagine?

amiibaby:
no I want YAM

I only have big plantains

baba pls start exporting finished goods not raw material
you talked about Coaco i just wonder why 1 seed of Coaco should go out without being converted to a finished product.

When that time reach, somebody should,please, inform me so that I will take the contract of supplying to Man U. Arsenal, Chelsea, R. madrid, and even the Buckingham Palace.


Buhari is working

publicity stunt...

This is how they started with garri! Now it is the turn of yams. Before a country think about exporting its staple food stuff she must think of food self-sufficiency back home.

We are talking of yams export now at a time the price of Garri have risen to an all time high of N1,000 Nigerian naira per a basket. Garri and yams are the staple food of the Nigerian masses especially in the Southern part of Nigeria where garri and yams is highly consumed.

We have gone out of our ways to teach the indians and chinese the secret of venturing into our local staple food such as garri and yams.

The indians now help us to package our garri and the Chinese are entering into our yam market. At the same time we are suffering from hunger back home.

I think the federal government priority as explained by the Minister of Agriculture is misplaced. We need to develop our Agriculture to ensure food sufficiency before thinking of exporting to the international market.

Not too long ago the Nigerian custom intercepted package yam porridge, package moi moi, package Ogbono soup, package egusi soup being brought into Nigeria through the country borders. These are threat to our food security as a nation. Efforts must be put in place by the respective federal government regulatory agency to curb the importation of our local food product which come into the country as package food.

The United States, United Kingdom, Germany, France, Malaysia, Australia, etc have all achieve food sufficiency in their respective countries before thinking of exporting to the outside world. But it is not the case with Nigeria.

There is hunger in the land. Therefore, we must have enough to eat back home at a cheaper price before exporting to Overseas.

I think President Buhari need visionary minister and aides to advise him and not clueless person like Minister Audu Ogbeh.

Taaa! Lie Lie man. Yam wey never do us chop for Nigeria you say you will export.

Confused people ruling us. Import grass from Brazil,then export yam.The exchange is good,at least your fellow country men will eat grass while food is sent out to Onyibo.

Am a yam dealer how can i benefit from this? Any1 with useful info?

enemyofprogress:
I only have big plantains

yam or nofin

EmekaBlue:
Already being exported now based on personal bizness...Especially the flour.

The thing tire me. Why the people dey lie like this?

We are already eating 9ja yam: white, yellow, water yam, you name it in diaspora. For years & years.

Which kain nonsense thing dem dey say?

Increasing export would be a better thing o say.

Bondesniger:
baba pls start exporting finished goods not raw material
you talked about Coaco i just wonder why 1 seed of Coaco should go out without being converted to a finished product.

Ivory Coast is producing chocolate already.

9ja still export cheap raw materials.
Though individuals were producing & exporting powder yam years ago in 9ja.

If that is still on with forex scarcity I do not know. Some of their machinery were imported then so parted are needed from china.
Those individuals such be helped to expand.

amiibaby:
yam or nofin

boiled, fried or roasted yam?

June is next tomorrow o. And I bought two yams for #1500 in pH last week. Person no dey get enough first before u export ?

Audu Ogbeh should shut up and seat down. How does exporting yam to Europe reduced the price of yam for local consumption. A sensible minister would want to drive the cost down by increasing supply locally to tackle hunger, encourage small scale industry to process the yam thereby increasing employment opportunities, then export excess for forex. Don't blame him, the government of the day exhibts bad leadership.

SubtleFRED:
Making what is already scarce more scarce is madness.
We struggle to buy a tuber for #200 here and you want to export the little we're managing in a bid to do what exactly? Better the economy or what?
Seems like this government is truly out to finish us but we'd pull through.

dumb ministers. which school did he attend?

export to who in the UK? white English people? besides Ghana and other African countries have taken over that business already it would be cheaper to buy yam from Ghana in the UK than nigerians yam.

wink2015:
This is how they started with garri! Now it is the turn of yams. Before a country think about exporting its staple food stuff she must think of food self-sufficiency back home.

We are talking of yams export now at a time the price of Garri have risen to an all time high of N1,000 Nigerian naira per a basket. Garri and yams are the staple food of the Nigerian masses especially in the Southern part of Nigeria where garri and yams is highly consumed.

We have gone out of our ways to teach the indians and chinese the secret of venturing into our local staple food such as garri and yams.

The indians now help us to package our garri and the Chinese are entering into our yam market. At the same time we are suffering from hunger back home.

I think the federal government priority as explained by the Minister of Agriculture is misplaced. We need to develop our Agriculture to ensure food sufficiency before thinking of exporting to the international market.

Not too long ago the Nigerian custom intercepted package yam porridge, package moi moi, package Ogbono soup, package egusi soup being brought into Nigeria through the country borders. These are threat to our food security as a nation. Efforts must be put in place by the respective federal government regulatory agency to curb the importation of our local food product which come into the country as package food.

The United States, United Kingdom, Germany, France, Malaysia, Australia, etc have all achieve food sufficiency in their respective countries before thinking of exporting to the outside world. But it is not the case with Nigeria.

There is hunger in the land. Therefore, we must have enough to eat back home at a cheaper price before exporting to Overseas.

I think President Buhari need visionary minister and aides to advise him and not clueless person like Minister Audu Ogbeh.

Misplaced priority at its peak. He is even talking as if he personally cultivated yams on some hectares of land.

Fools! When you can't guarantee food security, you are here talking about exporting it abroad.

imhere:
Are we really ripe for that, do we have enough to cater for us, yam is very very costly where i am residing even as we have not started exporting yet, not to talk of when we start. Although it is a good idea, i think we should first of all strenghen some things before we do

dont bother ur head on what they said. Its just common propaganda

we only export natural resources.yam is grown by soil.why can t we do something tangible

Lol, will it ever be cheaper than the one coming into Holland?

OGA, story long, when shall we start exporting?

This is problem of Nigeria if we don't learn how to process our raw materials others will process it for us and sell the final product to us. So its not just enough to produce yams or any other agricultural produce if we don't add value to it. We will continue to eat the crumbs. Same thing with crude oil and everything we produce.

This govt is not thinking

So unfortunate

Yarnvibes:
The Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Audu Ogbeh, has said that arrangements had been concluded for the first container of yams to leave the shores of Nigeria for the European continent on the 29th of June this year.

He disclosed this in Abuja during a chat with journalists on the achievements of his Ministry since the President Muhammadu Buhari-led federal government took over power two years ago.

Ogbeh stated that, within the next two years, Nigeria’s agricultural sector will regain its lost glory at the world stage as a major food producer and exporter.

He noted that apart from yam that will soon be added to the list of farm produce Nigeria exports to the rest of the world, the country was doing well in the exportation of vegetables, beans and cowpeas to India, as well as cashew to Vietnam.

The Minister further said that without the support of Nigerians who heeded the call of President Buhari to take agriculture seriously and shift focus away from oil, the giant strides the country was making in the exportation of farm produce would have been impossible.

He said: “In another two years, we will be back on the world stage where every country had recognized and expected Nigeria to live up to the name – Major Food Producer.

“On the 29th of June this year, the first container of yams will be leaving the shores of Nigeria for UK.

“Yes, we have been dealing with vegetables and a lot of other produce already and we will continue to be selling pulses mainly beans and cowpeas to India.

“We will soon be back exporting cocoa again on a large scale, although we are exporting very little now; and cashew nuts to Vietnam which we intend to start processing here very soon.

“The processed cashew nuts will be exported to Wal-Mart and other major supermarkets across the globe.

“We are on our way. It is just about time.

“The beautiful thing is that Nigerians make me proud. In spite of the trauma they have been through, their response to the call by the President to return to agriculture has been absolutely successful – Young and old, civil servants, military men, journalists, everybody is on his way back to agriculture.

“We only have the challenge, now, of giving them what they need, and we will definitely meet that challenge.”

On the exportation of processed food as against raw farm produce, Ogbeh said that Nigeria had all it takes to effectively play in the international processed food market, stressing that most of what Nigerians ate were already processed foods.

He however said that procurement of machineries, stable electricity, and sudden drop in the value of Naira are some of the challenges that need to be surmounted before the country can play effectively in the processed food market globally?

“We have to process what we grow. There are very few things we eat raw especially vegetables and fruits. But rice, sugar, milk, sorghum, millet, cassava – among those items; we are almost there.

“Nigerians may find that difficult to accept now because the prices are so high and that can be explained by the sudden drop in the value of the Naira. Machineries need to be procured. We need to stabilize electricity otherwise the cost of production and processing gets too high.

“Otherwise, there is no question whether Nigeria can or will get there. It is just a matter of time.

“Unfortunately, for agriculture once a country slows down like we did for nearly 30 years, it becomes difficult to restart the engine.

“But for Nigeria, the people are incredible and they are doing it. It took Brazil 30 years and India 50 years to be able to get to where they are now. It won’t take us that long.

“In 10 years, I tell you, people across planet earth who want to respect Nigeria on agriculture will definitely have to do so; because they have no choice. We are on our way.”

http://fabinfos.com/nigeria-will-start-exporting-yams-to-europe-in-june-2017-agric-minister-ogbeh/

WHETHER LIES OR NT, WE R ON D RIGHT TRACK!

Idiot and you hve not even sold to the citizens.. u already going to Europe

I no see yam buy on Saturday when I went to market. One small yam is 700 here in port harcourt. And you talk of export. Feed the nation first.

these are the kind mumu-ish of ppl Buhari hired!....I cant wait for 2019

Nice one. I am in with this, somebody should pls link me up with buyers...

SubtleFRED:
Making what is already scarce more scarce is madness.
We struggle to buy a tuber for #200 here and you want to export the little we're managing in a bid to do what exactly? Better the economy or what?
Seems like this government is truly out to finish us but we'd pull through.

we will oo. We will surely pull through.

What's actually wrong with this man, is it not when we have surplus that we should export.