Returning Nigeria To World's Leading Producer Of Oil Palm

Nigeria's agricultural sector has suffered years of mismanagement, inconsistent and poorly conceived government policies and lack of basic infrastructure, yet it accounts for over 26.8 percent of the nation's GDP and 2/3 of employment. It is no longer a major exporter of cocoa, groundnuts (peanuts), rubber and oil palm production which Nigeria led the world in is now mostly from obsolete varieties and overage trees. Nigeria's oil palm production is stagnant at around 180,000 tons annually and 25 years ago it was 300,000 tons. An even more dramatic decline in groundnut and palm oil production also has taken place. While Nigeria is one of the world's largest producers of palm oil, it still remains a net importer of palm oil. In this episode of Earthfile, analysts argue how Nigeria should increase its production of oil palm, encourage importation and the need to share information in the sector and highlighting the potential for boosting the nation's economy by concentrating on the enterprise dynamics.

[@DANIELDMARTINRIOS]

get back in there ...put on some competition!

[@mucholangs]

Discovery of crude oil was a blessing, and a curse at the same time. Hundreds of Billions of $$$ has been made. But oil also destroyed Agriculture in Nigeria. I hope we're beginning to see a resurgence of Agric sector. Germany is in the process of banning fuel injection engines. All cars in Germany will soon be electric cars. When that happens, other nations would follow suit. At that point, crude oil would be less valuable. As oil revenue begins to dwindle for Nigeria progressively, I hope the nation would reclaim the glory in Agriculture it once had. Agriculture won't succeed in Nigeria without good roads. So the govt needs to build our roads, or built railways for transporting food all across the country.

[@beautyamadi1765]

Our country Nigeria 🇳🇬 are known as hard working people before crude oil 🛢 found we all knows God bless us all to Nigeria 🇳🇬 🙏

[@michaelsamuel9917]

Stop being a Yahoo boy!

[@drpk6514]

Brothers there is a major reputation problem with palm oil production and you have an upper hand compared to the Eastern Asian producers: 1) Palm Oil is native to your area not an introduced species like Asia. You dont have Orangutan blood in your oil... 2) You can build an environmentally friendly industry in the native habitat which will win the PR campaign and you will sell your oil with premium price. 3) Use the image of job development and empowerment for the local communities particularly women. But you need to industrialise your system. Use the techniques from the Sought East Asian companies.

[@heraldloshi1864]

M. Karbaschi - Great encouragement,thanks.

[@nkeanyifarmers-ruralfarmsp4534]

Beautiful suggestion, we at nkeanyi farmers Multipurpose cooperative society is trying to use this approach

[@drpk6514]

@@nkeanyifarmers-ruralfarmsp4534 Even better you can grow Date Palm, far more profitable and nutrition. Yes it does grow in tropical areas with high rain fall.

[@nkeanyifarmers-ruralfarmsp4534]

@@drpk6514 Thanks for your suggestion, kindly let me know how to get the seedlings for date palm. Thanks

[@drpk6514]

@@nkeanyifarmers-ruralfarmsp4534 Never grow the date palm from the seeds. The plant coming out of the seed is not like the mother plant and at least half the trees are male. You need to buy "Tissue cultured plants" or pups. You can buy them from different sources like Italy, UK, Egypt, Iran, UAE, Saudi Arabia. But I think Iran would be one of the cheapest options. Egypt might be easier as its closer to you.

[@zacjarguar2619]

this is in the interest of the Nigerian to have a long sustainable future to even try to work harder and never allows filer as option, agriculture is a safe healthy option for our security in this planet.

[@yemmydgreat]

Ve had dreams of farming since lil, hopefully can still get inexpensive acres of land to pursue. Nigeria needs to learn to move away from quick money no 1 wants to put in work only concerned 4 now now. We ve lost focus 4 future unlike our 4fadas who r always thinking n working 2wards a long term/time commitment, always looking to d future n making good plans 4 it. Yes is good to reap profit right away wen money's n work's been put into good businesses but nowadays we all just never look to or make plans to a promising future. Instead of us investing in ourselves, our children, fams, ppl & of course our beloved country by producing n buying locally, we prefer to sit in a corner doing phone work importing n consuming stuff dat has zero to nothing benefits nor contributions to our economy yet we continue to shout government I mean no1 says d govt ain't d source of all evil dat caused dis havocs. Fact's they contributed 97.9% yl we d ppl r also to blame. Just pray from now on God to grant us d will/spirit, strength, knowledge n understanding + a lil patience as we working hard now to nurse n return all our riches n booming economy n so much mo'better status back 2 us fast. Surely God ll bring back our glory: courage, wealth, riches, happiness, joy to our forever blessed glorious nation we in. All Africans my bros n sis Invest in ur country God bless each n every1dat agrees/agreed with me to moving 9ja/Africa 4ward. 'Africans We Must Rise'. *God bless Naija God bless our Motherland-Africa 4ever #1*. Amen! Amen!! Amen!!! Love always 1Luv. Afrricaaaaaaa.

[@boomyakayaka]

I think we have same ideology as it concerns self sufficiency and support, i hope we can start a network together, grow it with other like minded individuals and actualize short and long term profitable venture in Agriculture. Hope to hear from you soon Thanks Instagram: slimtalluche Facebook: Osadika Ezekiel

[@blessedbae2019]

Ello, Osidika Ezekiel. Don't b surprised dis still me Yemi under diff account, just tot to contact u right-away . Hope all's well. Yes it'd be 9ice to work 2geda I reside in US always tried visiting 9ja least once a year, which country u at?Pls inform me soon as u get dis. Ve a blessed day.

[@LaLa-sx3bc]

@@boomyakayaka [e-mail]

[@bashirjimoh664]

Materialism is our major problems

[@adelajasobowale5228]

Thank you for this video and those who contributed to its production! This question is directed to Mr. Ajibutu; is it possible to tell us the name of the seedlings option that somebody informed you and you purchased about 5000 seedlings that performed very well?

[@livingmybestlife-v6v]

Did you get an answer?

[@adelajasobowale5228]

@@livingmybestlife-v6v Not yet. I reckon the video was published in July 2013.

[@livingmybestlife-v6v]

Ok. Does anyone have an idea what kind of palm seedlings Mr. Ajibutu was referring to?

[@shatiquatalley8022]

@@livingmybestlife-v6v TENERA VARIETIES IS THE BEST

[@iloriabiodun9682]

Florence Omoregie Tenera varieties is the best

[@beautyamadi1765]

We are blessed

[@angelicakweku5293]

Check out ADAPALM in Imo state. It's been there for a while. Huge!!

[@nkeanyifarmers-ruralfarmsp4534]

The Minister start a good job to support farms change their old groves but the present administration abandoned this sustainable approach all because it's not to the interest of the North.

[@jonasminini-oyo1542]

I strongly advocate for economic awareness in this organization to get to the summit in oil palm production.We have to take our pride of place now. Many communities still feel oil palm growing and production is a tall order. It is easier as it has grown digital. Spread the oil palm gospel now and grow richer tomorrow. God bless us all in our strides to oil our purse and grow

[@drpk6514]

Grow pulm date. Extremely profitable and it grows well in your areas.

[@yemi-dprince7993]

How many palm-oil scientists do we have in Nigeria now, compared to Malaysia? We are lacking behind because we never want to develop our scientific philosophy. See what the Malaysian palm-oil scientists are doing; you will be amazed.

[@drpk6514]

Brothers there is a major reputation problem with palm oil production and you have an upper hand compared to the Eastern Asian producers: 1) Palm Oil is native to your area not an introduced species like Asia. You dont have Orangutan blood in your oil... 2) You can build an environmentally friendly industry in the native habitat which will win the PR campaign and you will sell your oil with premium price. 3) Use the image of job development and empowerment for the local communities particularly women. But you need to industrialise your system. Use the techniques from the Sought East Asian companies.

[@adeolajackofallTrade]

if you are an agriculture scientist the market is there fo you, go and contribute to the development.

[@Johnsonsetwithjustinthem-hm5nq]

This man who is now the president of Africa development bank was the minister for agriculture in Nigeria during the presidency of Obasanjo, he did nothing to revive the falling production of Palm oil in Nigeria but today he is criticizing falling of palm oil. What a hypocrate.

[@denisskill384]

Who is still watching this episode? In other to renew the old species seedling, can we know if NIFOR also venture into the Super Gene Species of oil palm kanel? and if not, do anyone know how we can source for it?

[@nwigwetheophilus4334]

Supergene is a commercial term, not a different a specie or hybrid. All the best species are all Tenera hybrids . Know this and be more informed

[@bashirjimoh664]

God have mercy on us in this country for our lagging behind in on what we are the leading nation before in the world but we are no where to be found,what a sorry nation are we now, are we cursed by someone?

[@Volumes360]

I want to start a bread business in Ghana i guess its the same everywhere how and where do I start.

[@goddydike3025]

Please where can one get the healthy super gene?

[@rohitpatel7881]

good

[@bashirjimoh664]

I feel ashamed too ,a country came to our country to get the palm oil seed in Benin ,Edo State in the sixties and now they are among the leading in palm kernel, palm oil and other produced from this product and earning more than $11million yearly as revenue in it,seriously I feel ashamed truly as president of African Development Bank said too. Pls what have we done but we believing in materialism that we cannot produced and do yanga

[@fredkaganga2070]

In the planting of the palm trees what is the spacing I also need to establish a farm in Kalangala Islands in Uganda.

[@adegokeebenezer6377]

The spacing is 9m by 9m, That's 140 palm oil tree stand for a hectare.

[@ciceroaraujo2552]

sustainability is human rights.

[@okberdi.pontianak2387]

Mantap

[@aluskysystems1129]

You mentioned where you bought wrong seedlings and refused to recommend where you bought the good seeds! Even at your age?

[@sumndermakhijani9609]

Golden oil in onisha is good mill

[@skipsassy1]

same thing happened in Brazil with rubber plantations. Nothing new.

[@DANIELDMARTINRIOS]

he is rght!

[@tchuateubauclaire5631]

Je suis intéressé j'ai une plantation au Cameroun je voulais les patemai

[@jacobeksor6088]

Nigeria have oil palm . in Vietnam have coffee, rubber trees plantations destroyed the wild animals , forest and Montagnards indigenous people .

[@TipsPertanian]

salam sukses mas....jangan lupa hadir di kebun ku mas...dan lihat 3 mn mas tekan cabe merahnya mas...amanah mas

[@lenomali]

Western countries have tried every way to destroy palm oil production(and other Asian and African produce) by first requiring it to be label as tropical fat to discourage its consumption. Now that is not working they are using environmental labelling to stop its export to western countries. African must remember the major world consumer of edible oil and other produce are the two largest Asian neighbor China and India, their fast development in this century will provide opportunity to break the stranglehold of western exploitation, the only thing that need to do is not listen to their lies and work together to break their control of pricing that serve only the rich nations in the west.

[@gengarsmaster3529]

Funny, you're complaining about this on a website being banned in China. How cute if you think your country is SOOO good when you can't even access most websites because you may find out about the shitty stuffs your own government does. lol

[@LaLa-sx3bc]

I agree with you Lenomail

[@Bio54633]

We cannot continue blaming the west for our failures. This is clearly a failure by Nigeria. The sooner we started to accept responsibility for failure, the better it will be for us

[@kamaruleffendi]

i am from Malaysia, thanks to Africa now Malaysia makes billions dollar but we lose our precious rainforest and biodiversity. So don't repeat our mistake, leave at least 50% of your land for forest.

[@chrisoghenetegamaloney5799]

Kamarul Effendi shut the fuck up we Nigerians make that billions happen for y’all..

[@LaLa-sx3bc]

Why? We use our land the way we want...

[@highandmightyqueen79]

@@chrisoghenetegamaloney5799 Dude take criticism. Its true Nigeria has missed out on a huge opportunity.

[@issakaawalibrahim5191]

@@LaLa-sx3bc she said nothing wrong why embarrassment

[@nkeanyifarmers-ruralfarmsp4534]

In Nigeria we practice sustainable mix-cropping palm tree cultivation, controlled by hundreds of Smallholder farmers. With our mix cropping system, it's not possible for us to face the Malaysia biodiversity challenge.

[@bbobby2792]

There is massive deforestation to produce palm oil in Malaysia that is destroying communities that have been around for thousands of years In Malaysia.

[@goddydike3025]

@chris,men a bit tolerant 😉

[@successonyeisi396]

where can I get a big land in delta state Nigeria.

[@egbunpounds928]

Ekuku agbor come and buy or plant your ,thanks

[@stanleyhaindrick1146]

In ughelli call me 08064187087

[@kennthjohnson4768]

About time

[@rosdanteh1218]

it took 3 people to pick a palm oil in Nigeria?