ogb5: Cocoa in acid soils of
abia? Why not concentrate on things you have better comparative advantage in? Cocoa does well in the basic soil in the west or in the cross river basin. Not in the acidic soils in abia or rivers state.

They should concentrate on oil palm that the eastern soils can support very well.

Fourteen of Nigeria’s 36 states grow cocoa: Abia, Adamawa, Akwa Ibom, Cross River, Delta, Edo, Ekiti, Kogi, Kwara, Ogun, Ondo, Osun, Oyo and Taraba

mens dept: The governor has recognized the big influence that Nairaland has on Nigerians. This is why, despite being a no call no show "governor" for the last 6 years, he has hired his local boys to come on Nairaland to post that he's doing this and that.

Have you guys noticed?

Too bad because it's all a bunch of B.S. and won't do him any good.

He remains an incompetent Warrant Chief and is currently in running for the worse governor in the history of Nigeria.

SouthEast:

We are talking about cocoa production in Abia which has been a practice long b4 Orji was born, let alone becaming a governor. Can you separate that from your local politics?

mens dept:

Mr Man, if you are talking about Fashola or Chime cocoa scheme then of course we can debate specifically that.

Your Oga at the Top in ABia state is already misleading you guys and has diverted your conversation to now what?

He is incompetent and is using all of these cocoa transformation, health transformation write ups as publicity.

So lets keep it real and not complacently begin to debate this nonsense from a nonsense administration.

SouthEast:

I do not know what your argument is. I was responding to someone who seemed to claim that Abia does not produce cocoa. Orji is gov of Abia today, but he will not be there for too long. Let's not deny what has been a practice since Adam just because Orji is involved. He is not the cocoa farmer. Got it? And who says Orji is competent, me??

ogb5: Cocoa in acid soils of
abia? Why not concentrate on things you have better comparative advantage in? Cocoa does well in the basic soil in the west or in the cross river basin. Not in the acidic soils in abia or rivers state.

They should concentrate on oil palm that the eastern soils can support very well.

SouthEast: http://www.abiastate.gov.ng/state-profile/profile/agriculture/

SouthEast:

You are not making any sense. I would not comment on what I do not know, if I were you.
Abia is one of the high cocoa producers in Nigeria. Cocoa has always been an agric produce in Ikwuano, Bende and parts of Umuahia. My g/father and many of his peers had large cocoa farms.

ogb5:
the key word is comparative advantage. Most states can grow all types of crops grown in Nigeria, but some crops does better in some areas than others.

Groundnut can be grown in all states of the country, how many groundnut pyramids did you see in port Harcourt or calabar?

Oil palm can grow in most south and middle belt states but oilpalm was associated with the eastern region because the eastern acidic soils is better for it.

I grew up seeing cocoa farms in my village in the Niger delta, but will not go out today to develop a cocoa farm there, going to the west for that same farm will give me higher yields per hectare for the same effort.

when you say high cocoa produce, you need to compared it to other states in terms of yield per hectare before you can conclude that it is high

Fourteen of Nigeria’s 36 states grow cocoa: Abia, Adamawa, Akwa Ibom, Cross River, Delta, Edo, Ekiti, Kogi, Kwara, Ogun, Ondo, Osun, Oyo and Taraba

madam_oringo: Cocoa belongs to the SW Yorubas and their kins, why don't ibos go back to their palm oil and palm trees? Why are they ashamed or afraid of it? This is the trade and crop of your grand fathers for goodness sake! Why

Is it because of the offemmanu bull shaite the small ones are always shouting around that is causing the disaffection to palm oil??

censure4truth: T.A is the best...weda una like am or not..

ogb5:
the key word is comparative advantage. Most states can grow all types of crops grown in Nigeria, but some crops does better in some areas than others.

Groundnut can be grown in all states of the country, how many groundnut pyramids did you see in port Harcourt or calabar?

Oil palm can grow in most south and middle belt states but oilpalm was associated with the eastern region because the eastern acidic soils is better for it.

I grew up seeing cocoa farms in my village in the Niger delta, but will not go out today to develop a cocoa farm there, going to the west for that same farm will give me higher yields per hectare for the same effort.

when you say high cocoa produce, you need to compared it to other states in terms of yield per hectare before you can conclude that it is high

Cocoa belongs to the SW Yorubas

Eko Atlantic: Like a poster stated earlier, various cash crops can be grown in any region/state but are better grown in few regions. Oil palm is well grown in Ondo(ile-oluji) and even in large scale, but that doesn't mean it's the best place to grow oil palm when the east that has the best soil for oil palm cultivation is there.

Cote d' voir has a better soil for cocoa cultivation and better cocoa produce than western Nigeria, yet the western Nigeria was once leading in cocoa production at a global stage. There is no reason why Abia government shouldn't invest in cocoa production even if the state is not the best place to grow it. As far as the government is ready to invest whatever it takes to make the state a real cocoa producer, it's a free world.

Eko Atlantic: Like a poster stated earlier, various cash crops can be grown in any region/state but are better grown in few regions. Oil palm is well grown in Ondo(ile-oluji) and even in large scale, but that doesn't mean it's the best place to grow oil palm when the east that has the best soil for oil palm cultivation is there.

Cote d' voir has a better soil for cocoa cultivation and better cocoa produce than western Nigeria, yet the western Nigeria was once leading in cocoa production at a global stage. There is no reason why Abia government shouldn't invest in cocoa production even if the state is not the best place to grow it. As far as the government is ready to invest whatever it takes to make the state a real cocoa producer, it's a free world.

madam_oringo: Cocoa belongs to the SW Yorubas and their kins, why don't ibos go back to their palm oil and palm trees? Why are they ashamed or afraid of it? This is the trade and crop of your grand fathers for goodness sake! Why

Is it because of the offemmanu bull shaite the small ones are always shouting around that is causing the disaffection to palm oil??