Great

fuke:

But for Nairaland, we wont know Nigeria has this no of dumbs.

I tell you, bro! They're very plenty here!

Ofodirinwa:


If you were an educated man, it you would know that Biafra never ran out of food it ran out of protein because the UK blocked Norway from bringing in the primary source of protein: stock fish.



enjoy your government sanctioned Shoe Shining Kit, terrorist

lol see lie o!!! the east was enjoying protein before the war o. the stock fish was only brought in to counter the protein energy malnutrition after the biafrans started starving. the question is where were the biafrans getting their proteins from before?

see link below to read on how stock fish was introduced after the malnutrition already started

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-42137476

Nigeria never imported stock fish before the war!!! liar!!!

iamjavadem:
Some people don't just like good news, partisan politics is blocking their brain.

Don't mind them. All they want to be hearing is "herdsmen kill 1000 in Benue". Then they will pretend to care for those that were killed...

lovelygurl:


Not really. We aren't able to process it. We export to import. Same thing with oil, which is why although Nigeria exports a lot of oil, it's still expensive to buy.

That aspect is being addressed by Govt and smart investors / entrepreneurs.. This video provides some answers ..

You already know the story of refined petroleum products with Dangote refinery and modular refineries starting production by 2019
Where we are going is better than where we are coming from.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K5oLHul7rp8

I'm not going to entirely praise this report. Processed cocoa whether eventually exported or consumed locally would have been much better.

Ratello:
I just pray this paid BMC dude will not kill himself on top this forsaken and diabolic government of Buhari, which one is Nigeria's Cocoa Export Rise as if that's our mainstay now, how is the common man benefitting from this useless government of propaganda. What a funny post

5%

Good development is never your interest

It is such a pity that after so many years we are still content to export cocoa for peanuts and still make noise about it, when we could be exporting chocolate and cocoa drinks and make mega bucks but 'whosai'? Who cares about chocolate when we have 'oyel' money.

The technology for converting cocoa to chocolate is out there. All we need is one governor from the Southwest that has 'shikini' sense to invest in a chocolate factory and we are all set to make mega millions. But, they'll all rather line up every second Wednesday at the FEC to share national cake. Such a pity.

maisauki:
last time I checked it was blockage of food supply that made brought sense to some people in 1970

You nailed the guy to cavalry

deji17:



We are talking diversification here.. What do you know?

Don't mind those two idiotic and illiterate posters above. Every single economic statistic for Nigeria is positive! The naira has become stable, inflation has been declining for 15 consecutive months now and is at 12.5, foreign reserve accretion is nearing USD50 billion thanks to prudent management and rising oil price, GDP is at its highest since q4 2015 at >2%.
The kind of economics those idiot posters above prefer is the economics of distributing N100 naira and Bags of rice on the street Fayose style. As if the cocoa farmer is not a common man.

abokibuhari:
How does this rubbish benefits the common man on the street

Useless statistics

The cocoa farmer is not a common man? Ode!!!
You prefer a situation where Fayose distributes N100 and bags of rice on the street! Continue waiting, don't go and find work. Mumu!

SBG04:

Don't mind those two idiotic and illiterate posters above. Every single economic statistic for Nigeria is positive! The naira has become stable, inflation has been declining for 15 consecutive months now and is at 12.5, foreign reserve accretion is nearing USD50 billion thanks to prudent management and rising oil price, GDP is at its highest since q4 2015 at >2%.
The kind of economics those idiot posters above prefer is the economics of distributing N100 naira and Bags of rice on the street Fayose style. As if the cocoa farmer is not a common man.

Thanks. The positive economic indicators is another source of their worries. Unfortunately they love bad and negative news.

Ofodirinwa:
Notice how the north always says they feed nigeria but all of our exports are southern products? In fact we didn't start exporting rice until southerners got serious about it. Don't let anyone fool you about northern nigeria. Nothing is happening there.

So you believe we are exporting rice

Cocoa wey we nor dey see....dah wan na cocoa

[quote author=Ajascolove post=67712320]The federal government is not doing enough on cocoa compare to when Adesina was minister of Agriculture.

U mean like importing China phones for Nigerian farmer coz it can be use to increase his pocket yield. #you n sense are two parallel lines that can never meet

Ofodirinwa:


If you were an educated man, it you would know that Biafra never ran out of food it ran out of protein because the UK blocked Norway from bringing in the primary source of protein: stock fish.



enjoy your government sanctioned Shoe Shining Kit, terrorist

There is no need to fabricate stupid stories.
The UK stopped Norway from bringing in stockfish

Already I can tell your age.Stockfish issomething that Nigerians started imported majorly in the 70s not before


Secondly WHY would Britain block Norway when Britain itself was providng food aid to Biafra?Have you got any evidence for this bizarre claim

deji17:
We are talking diversification here.. What do you know?

No.
We are spotting lies here.
What has Executive Director, the Partnership in the Niger Delta, (PIND), Dr. Dara Akala got to do with cocoa farming and statistics?
Where is the Cocoa Research Institute of Nigeria, CRIN?
What of the National Bureau of Statistics, NBS?
Moreover and more importantly, what policies have Buhari and Audu Ogbeh put in place for the past three years to make cocoa farming increase
Buhari and APC are liars and corrupt hypocrites.
QED!!!

lobell:
It is such a pity that after so many years we are still content to export cocoa for peanuts and still make noise about it, when we could be exporting chocolate and cocoa drinks and make mega bucks but 'whosai'. Who cares about chocolate when we have 'oyel' money.

The technology for converting cocoa to chocolate is out there. All we need is one governor from the Southwest that has 'shikini' sense to invest in a chocolate factory and we are all set to make mega millions. But, they'll all rather line up every second Wednesday at the FEC to share national cake. Such a pity.

It is not as simple as that. The chocolate market is in the EU and the US and the value added sector is dominated by multinationals like Nestle and Kraft which owns Cadbury. They dominate the market with established brands and market power.
Mars ,Snickers,KitKat etc arerecognizable brands that have been around for generations. We could try China but even they would rather add value themselves

The reality is non-EU or non-US businesses stand no chance of entering those market without those countries/blocs demanding access to our markets and throwing up hurdles.

Besides who has the markket power? Chocolate making is easy but having dominant brands is not easy.
It is not for small players but I believe a Dangote can succeed and even has the capital to acquire existing players

deji17:
It benefits the cocoa farmers and results in the increase of Govt revenue / Nigeria GDP .

Why is Buhari and Kemi Adeosun pegging our budget on Niger Delta crude oil prices instead of cocoa prices if the farmers are contributing a significant amount into government revenue/GDP?

aribisala0:
It is not as simple as that. The chocolate market is in the EU and the US and the value added sector is dominated by multinationals like Nestle and Kraft which owns Cadbury. They dominate the market with established brands and market power.
Mars ,Snickers,KitKat etc arerecognizable brands that have been around for generations. We could try China but even they would rather add value themselves

The reality is non-EU or non-US businesses stand no chance of entering those market without those countries/blocs demanding access to our markets and throwing up hurdles.

Besides who has the markket power? Chocolate making is easy but having dominant brands is not easy.
It is not for small players but I believe a Dangote can succeed and even has the capital to acquire existing players

For how long shall we remain hopelessly at the mercy of others?
How long did it take China and other Asian countries to come up?
What did they do and continue to do that we are not doing

Esseite:
We are being bamboozled with mediocre reports..
You lay claims to 20% increase when we have done way better in the past.

Then what really is the fuss on agricultural diversification if we cant do better than we have done before the big name? That is the reason the common man is not feeling it.

Its more like giving a big name to a less than average result..

I guess that you are been charitable to the Executive Director, the Partnership in the Niger Delta, (PIND), Dr. Dara Akala.
He is just telling lies about something that he has no authority for.

Esseite:
If 2017 increased from 250,000 of 2016 to 300,000. We have a long way to go getting back to where we were without the big name (Agricultural diversification) in reference to the UN comtrade chart.

www.nairaland.com/attachments/7134800_screenshot201805200426071_png6070f88d09f7127e4d8f94b9a289e0d4

Thanks for easily exposing the lies of the Niger Delta man who knows nothing about cocoa farming.

seguno2:


For how long shall we remain hopelessly at the mercy of others?
How long did it take China and other Asian countries to come up?
What did they do and continue to do that we are not doing

We are not setting up companies.

When we set up businesses welike one man show businesses which invariably die with the founder.

Every rich Western Country has at least one multinational.

The Asian countries are a bit different butthey protect their markets and have well developed manufacturing

Nigerians need to develop the practice of 3-5 people coming together to form a business that can survive them. Some companies have taken over a hundred years to get to where they are now

Consider Alaba Market

Hundreds of players Alaba e.g should be under ONE PLAYER . How many of those traders at Alaba can gain audience with the CEO of Sony? How many of them can get the discounts Walmarts gets. How manyare in a position to replace or refund defective products

I mention Alaba because it has been there for more than 30 years but has not grown as much as one would expect. If Alaba International had been ONE COMPANY under one management we couldbetelling a different story today

That is because the industry is fragmented with too many players.What is needed is consolidation and maybe even listing on the stock exchange with no morethan 20-40 retailers. Let them come together pool resources form a big company and leverage their size.

Tha culture of doing business using a company that is not personal property is what we need to imbibe
We are naturally dishonest and mistrustful of each other and so every business is a one man show even Mechanics tailors etc.

Our people like the idea of being self employed but in an industrialized world there must be consolidation

aribisala0:

We are not setting up companies.

When we set up businesses welike one man show businesses which invariably die with the founder.

Every rich Western Country has at least one multinational.

The Asian countries are a bit different butthey protect their markets and have well developed manufacturing

Nigerians need to develop the practice of 3-5 people coming together to form a business that can survive them. Some companies have taken over a hundred years to get to where they are now

Consider Alaba Market

Hundreds of players Alaba e.g should be under ONE PLAYER . How many of those traders at Alaba can gain audiecewith the CEO of Sony? How many of them can get the discounts Walmarts gets. How manyare in a position to replace or refund defective products

That is because the industry is fragmented with too many players.What is needed is consolidation and maybe even listing on the stock exchange with no morethan 20-40 retailers. Let them come together pool resources form a big company and leverage their size.

Tha culture of doing business using a company that is not personal property is what we need to imbibe
We are naturally dishonest and mistrustful of each other and so every business is a one man show even Mechanics tailors etc.

Our people like the idea of being self employed but in an industrialized world there must be consolidation

I thought that we used to have cooperative societies in the 60s and 70s.
How/Why did we allow them to perish

deji17:
Nigeria’s cocoa export rises

MAY 19, 2018

OVER 300,000 tonnes of cocoa was exported from Nigeria last year, Executive Director, the Partnership in the Niger Delta, (PIND), Dr. Dara Akala, has said.

Akala spoke in Akure, Ondo Stste capital, during the Cocoa Value Chain Study Validation Workshop. “2017 saw an increase in the quantity of cocoa exported from Nigeria rising from about 250,000 tonnes exported in 2016 to more than 300,000 tonnes in 2017”, he said. “The increase was triggered by the devaluation of the Naira in 2016 by the Nigerian government in a bid to wade off recession. “While the devaluation of the Naira and subsequent increase in tariffs or outright ban of certain imported goods led to a 30% loss in the value of Nigeria’s currency in comparison to the United States of America’s Dollar.”

Nonetheless, he stated that products like cocoa enjoyed increased demand and production because of its viability as an export product. Akala urged government at all levels and other development partners to utilize the economic potentials available in cocoa production to cushion the effects of global oil doom. “As Nigeria’s cocoa production and export began to increase in 2017, the Foundation for Partnership Initiatives in the Niger Delta (PIND) carried out a value chain study of the sector between January and April 2018,” he said. The PIND Market Development Projects Manager, James Elekwachi, said ‘’cocoa sector has the growth potential and the opportunity to increase income and employment for millions of people, especially the unskilled and semi-skilled in the region.”

Governor Rotimi Akeredolu, also speaking at the occasion, revealed that the state government has embarked on several revolutionary measures to optimally utilize the cocoa potentials in the state for massive development.

https://www.vanguardngr.com/2018/05/nigerias-cocoa-export-rises/

process the cocoa here and export chocolate and power Beverages to the rest of Africa. The industry will employ skilled workers too!

How much is cocoa processing plant... That what the government should be asking!

Ofodirinwa:
Notice how the north always says they feed nigeria but all of our exports are southern products? In fact we didn't start exporting rice until southerners got serious about it. Don't let anyone fool you about northern nigeria. Nothing is happening there.

Guam!

But they don't record exports because they don't won't to pay TAX!

Everything they manage to produce, they smuggle out of the country through transmission transmitting effort for effective dollar earnings!

Northerners are the most shroud people in this country!

Every week I see fertilizer trucks going north... But food trucks only come from Benue - Taraba axis...

seguno2:


I thought that we used to have cooperative societies in the 60s and 70s.
How/Why did we allow them to perish

We still have them. Whether that is what we need is another matter
I am not a huge fan.

I thinkwe need serious businesses with big capital.

Let us look at a very simple business.

i.e
butchery

If I have 1 billion I could negotiate with cow sellers and buy cattle at dscount > I could in some states be the only butcher company and use that arrangement to crash the price of meat of course thereisthe risk that if I have a monopoly of an oligopoly we could misbehave but this can be checked

Potentially you have a more efficient arrangement fo rdelivering beef of any of our foodstuffs.Such a player can invest in logistic infrastucture e.g commercial refrigeration and eliminate waste

So even simple things like selling meat can be made more efficient when you organize as a company

Again let us consider furniture making. Is there any such company in Nigeriaand how big?

RealityShot:
process the cocoa here and export chocolate and power Beverages to the rest of Africa. The industry will employ skilled workers too!

How much is cocoa processing plant... That what the government should be asking!

They do some processing in Nigeria but there is a problem of market access which is very politcal.


Companies like Nestle will fight access in their home country orthe EU because it isnot in their interest. Now we do not have equally big comanies here to fight as hard as Nestle fights

We need anothe 5 Dangotes in Nigeria to fght international trade battles

RealityShot:
Guam!

But they don't record exports because they don't won't to pay TAX!

Everything they manage to produce, they smuggle out of the country through transmission transmitting effort for effective dollar earnings!

Northerners are the most shroud people in this country!

Every week I see fertilizer trucks going north... But food trucks only come from Benue - Taraba axis...

How come the north gets the most from the federation account with its 19 states, fraudulently bigger population and more LGAs even though they contribute almost zero revenue

aribisala0:
They do some processing in Nigeria but there is a problem of market access which is very politcal.


Companies like Nestle will fight access in their home country orthe EU because it isnot in their interest. Now we do not have equally big comanies here to fight as hard as Nestle fights

We need anothe 5 Dangotes in Nigeria to fght international trade battles

that is long story!
You want to tell me that there is something that will block someone from processing cocoa to powder and selling?

Why is government not blocking processing of soya bean to powder too Naa?

Ratello:
I just pray this paid BMC dude will not kill himself on top this forsaken and diabolic government of Buhari, which one is Nigeria's Cocoa Export Rise as if that's our mainstay now, how is the common man benefitting from this useless government of propaganda. What a funny post

Ratello:
I just pray this paid BMC dude will not kill himself on top this forsaken and diabolic government of Buhari, which one is Nigeria's Cocoa Export Rise as if that's our mainstay now, how is the common man benefitting from this useless government of propaganda. What a funny post

Another lazy Nigerian spotted .... no go find work do make u they find how cocoa export go impact you when u no be cocoa farmer yet ....

RealityShot:
that is long story!
You want to tell me that there is something that will block someone from processing cocoa to powder and selling?

Why is government not blocking processing of soya bean to powder too Naa?

Like I saidthey are processing it already but there are limits to what they can export because some countries simply will not allow you to sell anything but cocoa beans. They come up with all kinds of obstacles and claims of quality contamination etc. Many businessmen have been frustrated and it is clear that progress cannot be made unless a deal is made with the EU who are insisting on signing agreements to allow them access to your own markets too.

Nigeria too does erect barriers to imports e.g we claim to ban rice and the want full access to our market

No one is blocked from processing cocoa but there is a huge block in selling because SOMEBODY is doing that processing today and once you start you become competitors. The question is who is that somebody and how powerful arethey inthose countries

Nigeria has never had a good track record complyng with standards and our products often fail on hygiene and contamination grounds.

I remember issues with beans a few years ago.

Cocoa can be processed but this takes effort ,indeed we could grow our local consumption but again this is better done by a big company that is truly Nigerian not the likes of Nestle