Countries all over the world are interested in the potential of value chains to develop agriculture and contribute to food security, employment and economic development. Recently agriculture is trending now in Nigeria, everyone wants to do something in this sector.

Unfortunately, most Nigerian fail to understand that the primitive way of farming without the value addition process is primitive, we’re still stuck with the mentality of going crops and animal husbandry without thinking about the value chain process, to me this is leaving money on the table.

Agriculture value chain is a set of linked activities that work to add value to a produce, it could mean processing, packaging, branding , something that makes you sell a finished product or a semi finished produce.Even the vegetables could be packaged the idea is this you make more income when you add value to whatever process so whatever crops you farm or animal that you rear.
Take a classical example, if an investor take 21 tons of cocoa at $2400 a ton and export to Europe this will amount to N18,460,000 but put this through the value chain process, 21 tons of cocoa into chocolate you would have made N468,000,000 there are several products that can be made from cocoa they are pharmaceutical products,beverages drinks cocoa butter cocoa husk can be used as animal feed. It will interest you know that price of raw material fluctuate but nobody regulate the price of a finish product .
Most of us think of plantain in terms of plantain chips and maybe plantain flour but you’d never thought of other product that can be process from plantain. Such as biscuits, that’s interesting to know that noodles from plantain is far richer than noodles from wheat. what of different taste from plantain chips, plantain chips coated with coconut chips and chips coated with peanut butter.
I am trying to show here that there is more margin when we add value to whatever we produce. The demand gap of plantain flour is so wide that is an opportunity for an investor to take advantage of. It is cheap to setup this plantain mill. So why don’t you be a processor instead of being only a farmer of plantain.
Thinking outside the box, Irish potatoes can be process into French fries from the comfort of your kitchen. Selling this, is as simple as taking up your phone and sales is done. As demand increases you graduate from your kitchen to your factory. In taking this initiatives, it is imperative that you have a careful viability study with your business plan . I could be reach either on text or call with this no 08160233111

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Cocoa has a huge potential in the value addition chain but it required finesse.

CodeTemplar:
Cocoa has a huge potential in the value addition chain but it required finesse.

Yes, Cocoa has a huge potential in the value chain sector, we are working in demystify this sub sector , finance is not the top priority for now.

wealthagro:


Yes, Cocoa has a huge potential in the value chain sector, we are working in demystify this sub sector , finance is not the top priority for now.

Really? Where can one get cocoa nibs, a good artisanal grinder, packaging equipment etc. these thing aren't readily available here in Nigeria.

CodeTemplar:
Really? Where can one get cocoa nibs, a good artisanal grinder, packaging equipment etc. these thing aren't readily available here in Nigeria.

Before one bulids a refinery , he should be sure of the oil well, so we are making plans to have enough of the plantations before the manufacturing plant .

wealthagro:



Before one bulids a refinery , he should be sure of the oil well, so we are making plans to have enough of the plantations before the manufacturing plant .

Don't worry about the oil well.