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| Director General (DG), Nigeria Agricultural Quarantine Service (NAQS), Dr. Vincent Isegbe |
The Director
General (DG), Nigeria Agricultural Quarantine Service (NAQS), Dr. Vincent
Isegbe has said that the Federal Government (FG) would soon explore $100
billion market opportunity in Asian countries through export of Sorghum to
attract part of the profit potentials.
According to
Dr. Isegbe, specifically, Nigeria is targeting Indian and China markets for the
exports while the Chinese government has also indicated interest to invest in
sorghum plantation in the country.
Speaking with
journalists sometimes ago, the NAQS DG explained that the new development would
boost export of agricultural activities and promote the nation’s farm produce.
His words:
“The Chinese government is coming in with plans to establish five plantations
for forage sorghum. That means that our sorghum exports will be more than
triple as from next year. A local company is expected to ship out the first
batch of its consignment in the first quarter of this year.”
He charged
farmers and other stakeholders to adhere to the export code of the NAQS
stressing that, “their inability to meet relevant sanitary and phytosanitary
requirements applicable in the destination countries is the most serious
impediment to Nigeria’s participation in foreign trade. We can produce and
export every agricultural produce found in this country and there are markets
for it. Our only challenge is to make sure it is done properly.
Continuing,
he said: “Nigeria loses huge revenue, servicing narrow market export options.
This is because many countries prohibit the import of produce with mycotoxin
contamination, high pesticide residue, microbial contamination, and sloppy
packaging and labelling. It is our goal to make Nigerian agricultural produce
acceptable everywhere in the world. That way, we will earn more foreign
exchange from more destination countries.
“We are also
working expeditiously to expand our export frontiers. In addition to the
traditional agro-export items, we have identified underutilized yet high
premium, emerging agricultural commodities. The world is transitioning to a
post-oil civilization. Climate change has leapfrogged to the top of national
security problems all over the world. Nations are aggressively modernizing
their infrastructure to run on renewable energy and reshaping their economy to
be competitive in the evolving green economy. Nigeria cannot afford to be
behind the curve. We have to reinvent agriculture as an engine of wealth
creation,” he added.
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