Nigeria: Cashew farmers, and dealers groan over multiple taxations in Kogi

Cashew farming has become a money-spinning business in the country with Kogi State as one of the leading producers of the products. The humus/loamy soil of Kogi East and part of Kogi West is said to account for the high yield of cashew, placing the state in the fore front of cashew nut producers in the country. Reports from the state Ministry of Agriculture indicate that the state is adjudged as one of the 27 states remarkable for producing cashew nuts in commercial quantity in Nigeria, which is drawing huge foreign exchange. The state’s Commissioner for Information and Communications, Kingsley Fanwo, said: “Today, Kogi State is the biggest producer of cashew in Nigeria because of sound agricultural policies geared towards empowering farmers with improved seedlings, mechanisation and agrochemicals.” He added that the encouragement of the state government in this direction has created an enabling environment for the private sector to invest heavily in cashew production in the ...