This
development has not only caused distractions for local farmers, it has also led
to low quality of the produce, trade distortion, reduced value at the
international market and most importantly, it has lowered the purchasing power
of Nigerian local middlemen and farmers.
National
President of the body, Mr. Tola Faseru,
who raised the alarm, underscored the importance of cashew crop as one of the
National Strategic Export Products to diversify the economy from oil. He urged
stakeholders to pay adequate attention to the growth and development of the
crop.
He
said, “Nigeria is rated fourth largest producer of
cashew nuts in Africa and seventh in the world. Today, the annual earnings from
cashew has risen to $402,050,000 (N145b) and we see it growing year in year out
with the private sector efforts and growing government interventions in the
sector.”
According
to Faseru, the cashew trade has become a global industry, which employs about
300,000 people across the country, adding that farmers and indeed every player
in the value chain should be allowed to get a fair return for their efforts.
Hmmm!!! Folks, let us say
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been defrauded of huge amount of money in the process of exporting agricultural
commodities and solid minerals 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, would you like to keep on being scammed? Why don’t you get a
practical manual that explains the stages of export trade from processing and
packaging of commodities to receipt of payment by the foreign buyers? It
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“The encroachment into the farm gate by foreigners is inimical to
the value chain system and cuts off our locals from participating in the trade.
Expatriates position themselves in the bushes to buy directly from farmers
thereby taking away the much-needed jobs from our people.
“If our people cannot buy commodities what else can they do? The
livelihood of our people should be protected. The practice of foreigners
bombarding our farm gates to buy cashew should stop. The activities of these
foreign nationals could also compromise the security of our dear country,” Faseru said.
Faseru
recalled huge inputs of the association and government agencies like the Nigerian Export promotion Council (NEPC),
the Federal Ministry of Agriculture,
and Industry, trade and investment
made in revitalising the sector and globally rebranding the country’s cashew to
become the toast of the world from the low ebb where it was some seven years
ago. http://www.tectono-business.com/2016/02/contemporary-step-by-step-guide-to.html
He said,
“It took us time and efforts to get here and we would
not want go back to the era where we had unsold stocks and our farmers were
improvised because of bad quality of the nuts, which narrowed the marketability
of our crop and its attendant heavy price discount in the international
market.”
Faseru
announced that the body is collaborating with the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), with the aim of
maintaining effective surveillance, checking influx of foreign nationals, and
putting a stop to their activities at farm gates across the country.
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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