The Director General, Raw Materials Research and Development Council, Professor Hussain Doko, has disclosed that the Federal Government is working towards curbing wastage of fruits and vegetables during season.
Doko disclosed this on Monday in Abuja at the RMRDC in collaboration with the Institute of Food & Nutritional Sciences Arid Agric University Pakistan five days Training & Capacity Building on Fruits and Vegetable Processing.
The move is being made in collaboration with the Islamic Development Bank through the Bank’s Technical Cooperation Programme on the development of Nigeria’s fruits and vegetables value chain.
In line with that, TCP and ISDB nominated Pakistan as the provider Country with experts from the Institute of Food and Nutritional Sciences, PMAS-Arid Agriculture University, Rawalpindi, which has led to a diagnostic visitation and training in Nigeria as follow up to the study visit by Nigerian delegation led by RMRDC from 19th-25th June, 2022.
The Director General explained that agriculture plays a significant role in our economy, and the fruits and vegetables sector holds immense potential for growth and prosperity.
He stated further that there are several challenges that impedes its progress, and it is the government’s responsibility to address them collectively.
He said, “Firstly, we must focus on providing training to all the value chain actors to address the value chain development from production to table farm, by providing them with the necessary training and resources, they could be empowered to adopt sustainable farming methods, Good Agricultural Practices (GAap), and Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP) resulting in higher yields and better quality products.
