simplynola:
Now its the turn of cocoa, before it was oil after they impoverished Nigerians and enriched themselves, now its going dry, no more customers. its the turn of cocoa, beverage prices will start to skyrocket, Nigerians think their leaders want the best for them, they start to applause them not knowing the innovation is only to keep them wealthy,a tin of milo or bournvita will go for N6,500 soon, Eruku Oshodi(cocoa powder) will sell for N3,000, Nigerians will start protesting the removal of subsidy on cocoa. Cocoa is not like oil that flows everyday, it takes cocoa tree 3- 5 years to yield a crop. The oil that has been existing before now, what has been the benefit to Nigerians all along, now its cocoa.. of what benefit please? Tears run dry!

Mind you CRIN has developed cocoa seed that takes just about 2years berfore harvesting. if you were at the 2014 2dayscocoa summit which ended yesterday, all the major exporters, processors and all other stake holders were present, Aganga and Adewunmi are positive drivers which Adewunmi did in rice so he can do with cocoa, mind you presently after oil, cocoa is our 2nd largest source of revenue. Our oil is drying up, USA hasn't bought oil from us since may so our present major buyers now are india and china of which china has discovered oil in large quantity. So federal govt is doing all in its power to resuscitate agriculture which will soonest be our major source of revenue. My friend go and get land in your village and start planting instead of you criticizing and talking off point.

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Mind you CRIN has developed cocoa seed that takes just about 2years berfore harvesting. if you were at the 2014 2dayscocoa summit which ended yesterday, all the major exporters, processors and all other stake holders were present, Aganga and Adewunmi are positive drivers which Adewunmi did in rice so he can do with cocoa, mind you presently after oil, cocoa is our 2nd largest source of revenue. Our oil is drying up, USA hasn't bought oil from us since may so our present major buyers now are india and china of which china has discovered oil in large quantity. So federal govt is doing all in its power to resuscitate agriculture which will soonest be our major source of revenue. My friend go and get land in your village and start planting instead of you criticizing and talking off point.

What nonsense talk are u making? you go to sit down in a conference and they coarse you with talks and all you do is nod and clap. Get it man, what have they done so far with oil money? see what Dubai is doing with the little they have, you sit there talking. When USA was buying, did they revive all the moribond sectors? Is it not because they see that no money will come from oil in the nearest future that they will loot that they are now facing agriculture. The other time the former governor of Ogun state, Gbenga Daniel discovered he will rake billions by exporting cassava to China and other countries that he neglected the citizens who were crying for shortage of cassava in the states for their own consumption and sales? Yet he went away with the proceeds. The developed countries are developing technologies that will convert maize to fuel and the FAO and UN has been predicting scarcity and food crisis all over the world should they continue with such innovation. Why is the mining and other sectors neglected. If tomorrow they discover that coal brings in billions, government will jump quickly to develop the sector. And for your information am a real mechanized farmer with 2 hectres running for me, so keep your advice ok?

simplynola:


What nonsense talk are u making? you go to sit down in a conference and they coarse you with talks and all you do is nod and clap. Get it man, what have they done so far with oil money? see what Dubai is doing with the little they have, you sit there talking. When USA was buying, did they revive all the moribond sectors? Is it not because they see that no money will come from oil in the nearest future that they will loot that they are now facing agriculture. The other time the former governor of Ogun state, Gbenga Daniel discovered he will rake billions by exporting cassava to China and other countries that he neglected the citizens who were crying for shortage of cassava in the states for their own consumption and sales? Yet he went away with the proceeds. The developed countries are developing technologies that will convert maize to fuel and the FAO and UN has been predicting scarcity and food crisis all over the world should they continue with such innovation. Why is the mining and other sectors neglected. If tomorrow they discover that coal brings in billions, government will jump quickly to develop the sector. And for your information am a real mechanized farmer with 2 hectres running for me, so keep your advice ok?

They are seeking low interest rate government funds to cater for farmers till the end of the chain . if i may chip in the summit was organized by CAN, COPAN, CFAN and CEAN. Trying to create awareness in cocoa so government can create some intervention funds. Maybe you need a one on one with both ministers to know what they are trying to do in reviving the agric sector as well as support industrialists. The summit wasnt just about the funds, it was based on adding value to our cocoa, mind you the westerners buy beans at a ridiculously cheap rate n sell the finished products at exorbitant prices, hence everyone on the value chain scraps for lil change for sustenance.

New policies will be put in place as well as funding, which in total will create jobs for the mass and help in growing the cocoa business.

why dont you welcome this development as a positive way forward instead of criticizing from your backyard or farmland.

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They are seeking low interest rate government funds to cater for farmers till the end of the chain . if i may chip in the summit was organized by CAN, COPAN, CFAN and CEAN. Trying to create awareness in cocoa so government can create some intervention funds. Maybe you need a one on one with both ministers to know what they are trying to do in reviving the agric sector as well as support industrialists. The summit wasnt just about the funds, it was based on adding value to our cocoa, mind you the westerners buy beans at a ridiculously cheap rate n sell the finished products at exorbitant prices, hence everyone on the value chain scraps for lil change for sustenance.

New policies will be put in place as well as funding, which in total will create jobs for the mass and help in growing the cocoa business.

why dont you welcome this development as a positive way forward instead of criticizing from your backyard or farmland.

If you like let it be organized by world bank. Its like you dont know much about how economy is handled. Is it just about funding and adding value to cocoa. A saying goes that the love you have for a chicken is cause you will eat it. Dont you get the drift? They come to develop cocoa, sell at high prices, get money and loot. Is oil not enough example. And which jobs are you even talking. Our government creates labour and not jobs. They recruit, pay them 10,000 naira every month which cannot even cover their transport or sustain a living, yet you applaud they have created jobs. When the UK back in the 70's wanted to create jobs, they called the youths out, gave them acquisition skills, some specialised in carpentary, bricklaying etc, then they set industry standard that for example all carpenters or bricklayers' pay must not be less than say N150,000, which means no employer or company must pay less than that in the skills,then they started massive project in real estate and started recruiting these young people with the skills they've learnt and were paying them per the industry standard they set. That was how the UK created housing for the populace while creating sustainable jobs at the same time.Not that here you call people to the farm and pay them N10,000 and you think you are doing them a favour.The other day it was launching of cassava bread which later turned out to be a complete failure cuz their target was to get money and loot. When you are handling an economy, you develop sectors and control inflation. Some sectors were developed under Abacha and the exchange rate stood at N85 for whole five years he was there but ours is to develop cocoa, target international market, get money and go to sleep, local prices are not controlled, inflation is increasing, standard of living is falling. Later on beverage producers will start telling you they cant buy locally anymore but only buy from international countries where are our own cocoa is being exported to, then you start buying a tin of beverage for as high as N10,000. Am not against their so-called development but let them be sincere about it and do the right thing that's all.