Nigeria: The Director of CRIN suggests how to match Ghana, Ivory Coast in cocoa
Cocoa Bean
Nigeria
Published Aug 24, 2021
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About 10 months into his five-year tenure, Executive Director of Cocoa Research Institute of Nigeria (CRIN), Ibadan, Dr Patrick Adebola, spoke with a few journalists, expressing anger over neglect of the agricultural sector for decades, especially cash crop production and value chain development. To him, Nigeria has enough crop genetic resources, suitable land, and manpower to match and surpass Ghana and Cote D’Ivoire in cocoa production, apart from other crops like oil palm, cashew, and kola nuts. Adebola also urges the government to commit more resources to agriculture as a veritable sector to trigger socio-economic development. Head, Agro-Economy, FEMI IBIROGBA, reports.
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Executive Director of CRIN Ibadan, Dr Patrick Adebola • States how commodity boards will fund research, facilitate inputs • Harps on reviving moribund cocoa processing firms, others About 10 months into his five-year tenure, Executive Director of Cocoa Research Institute of Nigeria (CRIN), Ibadan, Dr Patrick Adebola, spoke with a few journalists, expressing anger over neglect of the agricultural sector for decades, especially cash crop production and value chain development. To him, Nigeria has enough crop genetic resources, suitable land, and manpower to match and surpass Ghana and Cote D’Ivoire in cocoa production, apart from other crops like oil palm, cashew and kola nuts. Adebola also urges the government to commit more resources to agriculture as a veritable sector to trigger socio-economic development. Head, Agro-Economy, FEMI IBIROGBA, reports. Cocoa, cashew, palm oil and groundnut were major revenue earners of the country. What is the place of cash crops in reviving ...
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