The Cross River Council on Privatisation has disclosed that neglect by past administrations and communal disputes have led to the decline of oil palm estates in the state.
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The National Palm Produce Association of Nigeria (NPPAN) says its collaboration with the United Nations Industrial Development Office (UNIDO) will attract €300 million of investment in the oil palm sector, especially in palm wine production.
A renowned agricultural economist, Prof. Raphael Echebiri, has urged the Federal Government to come up with a pragmatic action plan to revamp production, processing and marketing of oil palm.
Two organisations, Solidaridad and the Sustainable Trade Organisation (IDH), say they are committed to identifying actionable solutions to the traceability gaps in Nigeria’s palm oil supply chain.
The Cross River Government, in collaboration with the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) and Solidaridad, has initiated an ambitious Oil Palm Revolution.
Palm oil stakeholders in Nigeria have solicited the technical support of Council of Palm Oil Producing Countries(CPOPC) to boost palm oil production and improve livelihood of smallholder farmers across the country.
“Foreign investors will pay peanuts to our people as plantation attendants while they declare billions as profit every year and our people will be struggling to feed.
The National Palm Produce Association of Nigeria (NPPAN) has urged the Federal Government to evolve more aggressive national policies to boost oil palm production in the country.
Stakeholders in the oil palm sub sector say there is a need for a traceability system in the oil palm sub-sector to boost investment.
Nigeria loses N94 billion annually to palm oil importation says Prof. Kehinde Owolarafe of the Department of Agriculture and Environmental…