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Don canvasses for proper land use

By Bamidele Kolawole
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Prof. Adegboyega Oguntade of the Department of Agriculture and Resource Economic, Federal University of Technology, Akure (FUTA), has advocated for proper land use planning to improve the quality of agricultural production in the country.

Oguntade, who was the keynote speaker at a one-day stakeholder workshop organised by the Rainforest Alliance in Akure, said if the land policy could be effective it would reduce conversion of agricultural land to non- agricultural use.

The theme of the workshop is ‘Sustainable Cocoa Production: Re-awakening The Nigerian Cocoa Economy Through Certification Programme.”

According to him, Rainforest Alliance is one of the biggest certification programme in Cocoa, Coffee and Tea in West Africa.

The don, who explained that cocoa was  one of the major cash crops with significant impact on the contribution of agriculture sector to the Nigerian economy, said it had reduced its value due to neglect by the government.

Oguntade attributed some of  the challenges of cocoa in the country to weak and poorly coordinated farmer organisation, scale of production, land tenure system, threat to local processors and inadequate support services from government.

According to him, these are the compelling reasons why we have to start thinking about land use planning now. So, we need to have discussion around and know which way to go.

Earlier, Mr Kwame Osei, Country Representative Ghana and Nigeria of Rainforest Alliance, said that the programme was organised to address the challenges and to make great impact in cocoa economy in West Africa.

 

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