Nigeria: Stakeholders brainstorm on ending foreigners’ disruption in cashew value chain
Cashew Nut Kernel
Published Nov 3, 2023
Tridge summary
Stakeholders in the cashew industry held a meeting in Lagos to discuss ways to address the issue of foreigners disrupting the cashew value chain by buying from farmers at the farm gate. They highlighted that this disruption has had negative effects on the livelihood of farmers, local middlemen, and the economy. The stakeholders emphasized the need for foreigners to follow the proper procedures and play by the rules to ensure that the value chain is developed and the quality of cashew is maintained.
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Stakeholders in the cashew sub sector of the economy during the week gathered for the National Cashew Consultative meeting in Lagos to brainstorm on how to stem the tide of foreigners disrupting the cashew value chain by encroaching the farm gate. The meeting which had in attendance major stakeholders across the cashew value chain from all producing states deliberated on the modalities from the implementation of the national policy on farm gate trade of agro commodities among others. Various stakeholders who spoke at the meeting could not hide their feelings as they said the disruption has been on for long and it has in no small measure affected the livelihood of the players and the nation’s economy and has even given the country a bad name internationally. They said the foreigners going directly to the farm gate to buy from the farmers had led to premature harvest of the crop and that it usually cause interference leading to a crash in the business and the reduction of the ...
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