Post-harvest losses, threat to food security, industrialisation - Gov Ahmed

Date: 2016-11-11

The Kwara State Governor, Alhaji Abdulfatah Ahmed, and the Acting Executive Director, Agricultural and Rural Management Training Institute, Dr. Olufemi Oladunni, have said that post-harvest losses are adversely affecting efforts at ensuring national food security and industrialisation in Nigeria.

According to them, post-harvest losses reduce raw materials for industries, thereby inhibiting industrialisation and commercial activities. They spoke on Thursday during a sensitisation workshop on 'Managing post harvest losses for participating communities' in ARMTI's Village Alive Development Initiative programme.

The programme was for farmers in Amayo, Elerinjare, Falokun-Oja, Jimba-Oja, and Igbo-Owu in Ifelodun Local Government Area, and Fufu, Ilota, Omomere-Oja, and Apa-Ola of Ilorin South Local Government Area, all in Kwara State.

Ahmed, who was represented by the Commissioner for Agriculture, Mr. Adegoke Bamidele, said it was imperative to address post-harvest losses to encourage more investment in agriculture.

He said, "Definitely, I share the opinion that post-harvest losses are a major inhibition to agricultural growth. The Kwara State government knows that one of the ways you can help the farmers is to make sure that when they are done with their harvests, they are able to preserve them.

"The state government has been having a lot of programmes for that. We have off-takers, who will take off farmers' produce. Reducing post-harvest losses will help address recession and economic challenges."

Oladunni identified post-harvest losses as a major challenge confronting the Nigerian farmers.

He stated that the VADI programme was aimed at assisting communities to ensure they managed their harvested produce so that they could get commensurate income from their harvests.

Oladunni said, "When you increase their income, they will turn more into the economy; the economy will move up, their harvests will also be turned into processing that will employ people; the processing will also employ people who will get it to the tables of consumers. It is a major strategy to address recession more so we are an agrarian economy."

Source

 

Cloud Tag: What's trending

Click on a word/phrase to read more about it.

Kwara State Coalition Of Business And Professional Associations     COVID     Abdulrahman Abdulrasak     Abdulrasheed Akogun     Chief Of Staff     Abdulraheem Yusuf     Code Of Conduct     AbdulRasaq Abdulmajeed Alaro     Alikinla     NIRSAL     CACOVID     Rice Farmers Association Of Nigeria     Elese Of Igbaja     Agor Market     Sarah Alade     Olabode Towoju     Elerin Of Adanla     Omupo     Oja-Oba     Bola Iyabo Ibiyeye Adisa     Olugbense     Wahab Egbewole     Olam Food Ingredients     Adebayo Salami     Christopher Tunji Ayeni     Jalala     SWAN     Deji Ajani     Shaaba Lafiagi     Ilorin General Hospital     Budo-Egba     Asa     Babajide Ajayi     Towoju     Olota Of Odo-Owa     YAKOOYO     Aminat Ahmed     SGBN     Gwanara     08001000100     Samuel Elizabeth Keatswa     Federal Polytechnic Offa     Opobiyi     National Association Of Nigerian Students     Oke Sunna     Abubakar Abdulraheem     Oyelere Oyinloye     Suleiman Mora Omar     Amosa     Principal Private Secretary     Savannah Centre For Diplomacy, Democracy And Development     CACOVID Palliatives     Usman Alkali Baba     Abubakar Usman Jos     Balikis Jawondo     Rotimi Atere     Saka Keji     Kwara State Football Association     Hassan Saliu     Markaz Arabic And Islamic Training Institute, Agege     Kassim Babamale     Suraj Tunji Oyewale     Aremu Bose Deborah     Saka Saadu     Abubakar Suleiman     Niyi Ogundiran     Kolade Solagberu     Abdulmutalib Shittu     Rabiu Kwankwaso     JSSCE     Michael Nzekwe     Bayo Mohammed Onimode     KWASEIC     Abubakar Lah     2017 Budget     Bolaji Nagode     Hassan Oyeleke    

Cloud Tag: What's trending

Click on a word/phrase to read more about it.

Doyin Awoyale     Tunji Ajanaku     Javed Khan     Sulu Gambari     Hydroelectric Power Producing Areas Development Commission     National Democratic Congress     Ganmo     Issa Memunat Moyosore     Awili Pedro     Emir Of Yashikira     Muhammad Toyin Sanusi     Seni Saraki     Azeez Salawu     Ahmed Alhasssan     Abdulrasheed Akogun     Moremi High School     Oyin-Zubair     Mutawali     Veterinary Teaching Hospital     Olaitan Buraimoh     Shonga     Lateef Fagbemi     Monsurat Omotosho     Galadiman Ngeri     Shade Omoniyi     Sarah Jubril     Kola Adesina     Yusuf Badmus     Tricycle Owners Association Of Nigeria     Ilorin Airport     Emir Of Ilorin     Sa\'adatu Modibbo-Kawu     Akanji     Abdulquawiy Olododo     Kulende     Ojo Isekuse     Zulkifli Ibraheem     Muhammad Fawaz Abubakar     Yahya Mohammed     Akorede     Gafaru Olayiwola Olorisade     Ilorin Central Mosque     Baaziki Sulaiman     Adeola Abraham     Ilota     BIR     Matthew Babaoye     Vasolar     Theophilus Oyebiyi     Mohammed Halidu     Mahmud Ayinla Giwa     Adanla-Irese     Bond     Saadu Alanamu     LAK Jimoh     Ophthalmological Society Of Nigeria     Afolasade Opeyemi Kemi     Saadu Gbogbo Iwe     Ilorin Anchor Men And Women     KWTV     SDP     Ayo Adeyemi     Alikinla     Government Girls’ Day Secondary School Pakata     Kwara State Football Association     Babs Iwarere     Ibrahim Taiwo     CT Ayeni     Savannah Centre For Diplomacy, Democracy And Development     Quarry Royal Valley     Communication Network Support Services     NaAllah     Olatunde Jare     Tanke Flyover Bridge     Salihu Yahaya     Mustapha AbdulGaniyu     Ahman Pategi University