Nigeria agro export is said to be still low and need to be improved upon, the Agricultural and Rural Management Training Institute (ARMTI), has said.
A communique signed by ARMTI’s Executive Director, Dr. Olufemi Oladunni, in Abuja, called for increased export of Nigeria’s agroproducts. The training had as it’s theme: ‘’Smallholders and Rural Agro Producers’ Inclusion in Exportation”.
Oladunni said quality and competitiveness of agricultural products, though improved, were still low.
He attributed it to some difficulties and challenges in the sector including fierce global competition and stricter quarantine regulations of plants, food safety and quality.
The workshop observed that farmers were ill equipped to take advantage of the opportunities in agritrade.
The workshop urged relevant agencies to build a set of criteria on food safety and phytosanitary in addition to enhancing negotiations with exporters to have appropriate technical standards.
The communique stressed the need to support production and export of agricultural products, promote innovation and development of farms in the direction of focusing more on agricultural large-scale, high-quality goods-producing people.
