Ritvonen
said at a briefing in Lagos that the level of mechanized in farming was below 30
per cent, pointing out that Nigeria is far behind and in the very early stage
of mechanization. According to him, there is so much more tractors needed.
In his
own words, “Recently, I read some statistics indicating
that Nigeria has a deficit of over 100,000 tractors for mechainsation. If you compare
with the rest of Africa in terms of mechanisation, Nigeria is like half of what
is obtainable from average. Nigeria is very far behind and we are in the very
early stage of mechanisation.”
Hmmm!!!
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He
said he was advocating not just the provision of tractors. “But I mean mechanisation needed in Nigeria. We are taking
baby steps but obviously we have to start from somewhere and Nigerian
agriculture has so much potential,’’ he said.
Ritvonen said the
cost of tractors, which was around N10 million had prompted the firm to
partner commercial banks to find solutions for customers.
He
said: “You can get a good tractor from below N10
million and in line with this, we have been collaborating very closely with
leading service providers in the country. We have been trying to work with
banks and other financial institutions to find some finance solutions for the
customer. I will say that we have yet to get results from these banks.
“What we found out is that local and commercial banks are not really
friendly when it comes to agriculture financing. The high demands that the
banks are setting is a limitation. What the banks are requesting for is like
200 per cent guarantee from customers and that is huge. The banks are not ready
to take any risk whatsoever and it is not sensible or reasonable. The kind of
financing mechanised agriculture in Nigeria needs is huge and government
finance, very often are complicated for the smaller farmer who does not have a
lawyer.’’
He
stressed that for the sector to make greater gains, the government would need
to continue investing, supporting agricultural mechanisation, such as granting
preferential policies to support funds for famers, enterprises to purchase
machines.
According
to him, the level of farm mechanisation in Nigeria requires more to be done in
terms of introduction of better equipment for each farming operation in order
to reduce drudgery, to improve efficiency by saving on time and labour, improve
productivity, minimise wastage and reduce labour costs for each operation.
Ritvonen
said Nigeria had the potential of developing mechanisation in agriculture, but
was behind other Africa countries. http://www.tectono-business.com/2016/02/contemporary-step-by-step-guide-to.html
“There are two major challenges in the development of mechanisation
in Nigeria; one is the size of the farm and inability of government to give
affordable finance to drive mechanization,” Ritvonen
said.
He said
greenhouses give farmers a way to ensure that their crops are safe from pests
and heat. He noted, however, that many farmers failed to get good profits from
greenhouse crops because they could not manage the two important factors that
determine plant growth and productivity.
He
added that the management of insect pests and diseases is the biggest challenge
in greenhouse farming. To this end, he said his organisation trains would be
greenhouse growers on pest control and good agronomical practices. (TheNation)
Have you heard this? Many
Nigerian exporters have been defrauded of huge amount of money in the process
of exporting commodities to foreign countries. Do you know why? They were not
trained on export operations, management, documentations and the best methods
of payment in export trade. This is terrible!!! Nigerians cannot continue to
lose money to foreigners in the course of export business. Exporters, why don’t
you get a practical manual that teaches the stages of export trade from
processing and packaging of commodities to receipt of payment by the foreign
buyers. It teaches export operations, export management, export documentations
and methods of payment in export trade? It is a contemporary step-by-step guide
to export trade. It tells all the contemporary dynamics in export trade. To get
it, click on the link below:
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