Speaking through his representative, Bernard Ukattah, a deputy director at the Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development during a training for coconut farmers organised in collaboration with the Nigerian Institute for Oil Palm Research in Benin, Nanono said that coconut was a major non-oil export foreign exchange earner for Nigeria.
He explained that coconut provided livelihood for over 500, 000 families, noting that it accounted for 10 per cent of the nation’s agricultural exports. He said the produce is expected to generate about $250m this year.
He said, “As a result of the awareness of its value and degree of uses, Nigeria has in recent times increased the volume of production of coconut to average of 250,000 metric tons per annum.
“In 2016, Nigeria produced 283,774 metric tons and the demand for the crop has been on the increase growing upwards to over 500 per cent in the last decade.
“Available data shows that coconut is grown in 22 states of the country with Lagos being the largest producer.
“Other major producing states include Ogun, Ondo, Edo, Delta, Akwa-Ibom, Rivers, Cross Rivers, Imo and Benue among others,” he said.
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*No be him marry 18 years old wife? LOL
Stella me and you both 🤣🤣🤣🤣 I was reading and saying no him marry the 18yr old girl!
ReplyDeleteDue to this effect, coconut 🥥 is damn too expensive now! The oil sef,I don't know why some wicked people are mixing it with other substance! I'm waiting to hear carrots oil news too
Carrot doesn't produce oil.
DeleteYou use other oils like coconut oil, olive oil etc to make carrot oil
Okay......o if them say so
ReplyDeleteWow. And i've been dashing all the coconuts falling from my tree away!
ReplyDeleteStella you just took the word from my mouth 😂 😂 😂 😂 😂
ReplyDeleteGrand pa and his grand daughter wife
ReplyDeleteWeldone
And where is the money?
ReplyDeleteWas it what you carried and married that teenager?
🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄
Lol good question
DeleteWhy export it now because of that recently coconuts and the oil too are so expensive to buy...Nigeria smh
ReplyDeleteNigeria export a lot of things quietly. They provide the materials to companies who sell it under their own brand name.
ReplyDeleteHmmm. And these exports are from the south
ReplyDeleteThank God we are exporting again
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