Groundnut was mostly gotten from the north wasn't it?

virus04:
why u dey tell us?

hason_jackARSSE:

See this big akuya

abokii ewen
Mallam malu!

teewhydope:
Groundnut ke!!

Menace2Society:

Before the oil that's what the Igbos lived on, the relentless effort of the Gambaris.

fctguy:
The groundnut pyramids of Kano were a sight to behold and told a wonderful story of agricultural sufficiency and of a fruitful nation. It revealed a country that knew the way to sustainable development, through agriculture, self sustainability and hard work.



Over the years Nigeria has gone away from farming as we started to over rely on oil, a resource with a finite life shelf. The land of Nigeria is blessed, sow a seed and it will surely grow. We have the potential to be the food basket of all of Africa. When we produce our own food as we used to do in the past to a larger degree than we do today we can rest assured that no matter the global economic outlook, inflation would always be under control because we would have more than enough internally generated food to feed the population. As our imports grew and grew so did inflation.





It is appropriate to look back and remember the things that made us great back then and agriculture was certainly one of them. As the picture shows, the groundnut industry alone provided employment of many youths, youths today are easily enticed into militancy because of the lack of jobs yet we have resources to create thousands of jobs off the God given fertile land we sit on.


They were viewed as both a tourist attraction and a symbol of wealth. In the 1960s and 70s, as production in Nigeria shifted from agriculture to oil, the groundnut pyramids disappeared.

I am reflecting on the Groundnut Pyramids of Kano and I’m wondering; would we be able to recreate something like this again?

credits http://www.jesus4nigeria.com/comment/discussion_forum.php?id=73, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Groundnut_pyramids

I'm sorry but this whole groundnut myth needs to end today. Nigerian youth are a bit ignorant of things and can easily be misled, so let me explain:

1) Nigeria produces far more groundnuts today than it did when we had the groundnut pyramids in Kano

2) The reason why we had the pyramids was because those groundnuts were meant for export, so they were piled up in Kano ready and waiting for the train to Lagos. Kinda like a open air warehouse

3) The colonial government at the time banned the use of groundnuts for production within Nigeria, and rather sent it to other parts of the British Empire for production, and also because groundnuts were one of the few commodities that had foreign exchange earning potential. The legacy of this ban is why older people in the village still hold "ground nut oil" in such high regard, because it was very scarce in the old days due to the ban.

4) Today, Nigeria consumes more groundnuts than we used to export, the demand for groundnuts within Nigeria is so high and the price also very attractive such that it doesn't really make sense for use to export the quantity that we produce. We can increase production capacity and export, but this also would not make much sense since there are more valuable commodities which the farmers can focus on - e.g. Soya, Ginger, Cassava, Oil palm, etc.

In essence, the groundnut pyramids of Kano did not disappear because Nigeria got lazy, the disappearance of these pyramids is not a sad thing, the farmers are producing the groundnut and they are being used here in Nigeria to create products such groundnut oil and other things. We have more than quadrupled our production of groundnuts since the 1960s, but since they are not destined for export we do not see the pyramids again. So please before you start shedding unnecessary tears for the groundnut pyramids, inform yourself about why they existed and why they are now no more. It is called PROGRESS!

They still exist to a lesser extent and businessmen into it are raking millions of naira.

It's a shame. The only thing piling into pyramids in the north these days is bodies.

There was once a a pyramid.

IT WILL NEVER HAPPEN AGAIN. THER'RE SO MUCH INNOCENT BLOOD SHED IN THAT PART OF THE COUNTRY, ITS HUNTING THEM, THEIR CHILDREN AND GRANDCHILDREN ARE NOW KILLING THEMSELVES. ITS THE BLOOD OF THE INNOCENCE

adebayor1490:
who chop them finish?

i think they were exported perhaps.

@ topic

didnt gej do the same thing with rice.

Akoja360:
Groundnut was mostly gotten from the north wasn't it?

yes

fctguy:
The groundnut pyramids of Kano were a sight to behold and told a wonderful story of agricultural sufficiency and of a fruitful nation. It revealed a country that knew the way to sustainable development, through agriculture, self sustainability and hard work.



Over the years Nigeria has gone away from farming as we started to over rely on oil, a resource with a finite life shelf. The land of Nigeria is blessed, sow a seed and it will surely grow. We have the potential to be the food basket of all of Africa. When we produce our own food as we used to do in the past to a larger degree than we do today we can rest assured that no matter the global economic outlook, inflation would always be under control because we would have more than enough internally generated food to feed the population. As our imports grew and grew so did inflation.





It is appropriate to look back and remember the things that made us great back then and agriculture was certainly one of them. As the picture shows, the groundnut industry alone provided employment of many youths, youths today are easily enticed into militancy because of the lack of jobs yet we have resources to create thousands of jobs off the God given fertile land we sit on.


They were viewed as both a tourist attraction and a symbol of wealth. In the 1960s and 70s, as production in Nigeria shifted from agriculture to oil, the groundnut pyramids disappeared.

I am reflecting on the Groundnut Pyramids of Kano and I’m wondering; would we be able to recreate something like this again?

credits http://www.jesus4nigeria.com/comment/discussion_forum.php?id=73, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Groundnut_pyramids

With all d tranformation noise GEJ,NOI & min. of agric Dr.adesina made no single G-nut pyramid 2 show 4 it.

Rice pyramids, check the link I posted.

I guess them northerners are now busy and more interested in the juicier and easier to earn Pyramid of National cake of oil revenue and political office appointments and positions.....

Oyeel don take over effry thing.

naijaguy77:


I'm sorry but this whole groundnut myth needs to end today. Nigerian youth are a bit ignorant of things and can easily be misled, so let me explain:

1) Nigeria produces far more groundnuts today than it did when we had the groundnut pyramids in Kano

2) The reason why we had the pyramids was because those groundnuts were meant for export, so they were piled up in Kano ready and waiting for the train to Lagos. Kinda like a open air warehouse

3) The colonial government at the time banned the use of groundnuts for production within Nigeria, and rather sent it to other parts of the British Empire for production, and also because groundnuts were one of the few commodities that had foreign exchange earning potential. The legacy of this ban is why older people in the village still hold "ground nut oil" in such high regard, because it was very scarce in the old days due to the ban.

4) Today, Nigeria consumes more groundnuts than we used to export, the demand for groundnuts within Nigeria is so high and the price also very attractive such that it doesn't really make sense for use to export the quantity that we produce. We can increase production capacity and export, but this also would not make much sense since there are more valuable commodities which the farmers can focus on - e.g. Soya, Ginger, Cassava, Oil palm, etc.

In essence, the groundnut pyramids of Kano did not disappear because Nigeria got lazy, the disappearance of these pyramids is not a sad thing, the farmers are producing the groundnut and they are being used here in Nigeria to create products such groundnut oil and other things. We have more than quadrupled our production of groundnuts since the 1960s, but since they are not destined for export we do not see the pyramids again. So please before you start shedding unnecessary tears for the groundnut pyramids, inform yourself about why they existed and why they are now no more. It is called PROGRESS!

WORD.

naijaguy77:


I'm sorry but this whole groundnut myth needs to end today. Nigerian youth are a bit ignorant of things and can easily be misled, so let me explain:

1) Nigeria produces far more groundnuts today than it did when we had the groundnut pyramids in Kano

2) The reason why we had the pyramids was because those groundnuts were meant for export, so they were piled up in Kano ready and waiting for the train to Lagos. Kinda like a open air warehouse

3) The colonial government at the time banned the use of groundnuts for production within Nigeria, and rather sent it to other parts of the British Empire for production, and also because groundnuts were one of the few commodities that had foreign exchange earning potential. The legacy of this ban is why older people in the village still hold "ground nut oil" in such high regard, because it was very scarce in the old days due to the ban.

4) Today, Nigeria consumes more groundnuts than we used to export, the demand for groundnuts within Nigeria is so high and the price also very attractive such that it doesn't really make sense for use to export the quantity that we produce. We can increase production capacity and export, but this also would not make much sense since there are more valuable commodities which the farmers can focus on - e.g. Soya, Ginger, Cassava, Oil palm, etc.

In essence, the groundnut pyramids of Kano did not disappear because Nigeria got lazy, the disappearance of these pyramids is not a sad thing, the farmers are producing the groundnut and they are being used here in Nigeria to create products such groundnut oil and other things. We have more than quadrupled our production of groundnuts since the 1960s, but since they are not destined for export we do not see the pyramids again. So please before you start shedding unnecessary tears for the groundnut pyramids, inform yourself about why they existed and why they are now no more. It is called PROGRESS!

To buttress your point, here is the production graph over the years. Production has doubled since 1961, but it would have been better if it was growing at least at population growth rate. Nigeria's population was 45m in 1960. Today, it's in the neighborhood of 200m. That about 400% growth, whereas groudnut production has grown by 100%. With advancements in bio-genetics and production system, we should b doing better.

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