Agro exports crash 31% as port delays, pesticides trigger global rejections
Poor compliance with standards In a chat with Vanguard on the same issue, National President of the Cocoa and Coffee Farmers Alliance, Comrade Adeola Adegoke, attributed the lack of National Quarantine certification and poor compliance with Good Agricultural Practices (GAPs) as major systemic gaps undermining Nigeria’s export competitiveness.
Agricultural value chain experts warn that systemic failures, worsened by poor post-harvest handling, are rapidly eroding the competitiveness of the ‘Made-in-Nigeria’ agro brand and threatening the country’s access to premium global markets.
Agric ministry laments Confirming the gravity of the challenge at home, Minister of Agriculture and Food Security, Abubakar Kyari, last month inaugurated a Technical Working Group to investigate the recurring rejection of Nigeria’s agricultural exports and submit its findings within two months.
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