Environmental
BUILDING SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURAL VALUE CHAIN THROUGH NEW PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT
— Emphasizing Packaging
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With increasing disposable income, consumption patterns become varied due to pluralistic tastes in eating habits and acquisition of the latest products. In Nigeria, most of our foods are still at the stage our forefathers handed them down to us. While development of new products has been very slow, foreigners are busy developing theirs and keeping sending them to us, and we keep buying them, e.g., Semovita , noddle’s, milk products, canned beef etc. through our scarce foreign exchange. No valid development on items such as yams, tubers, beans – Legumes , legumes, millet, cereal, livestock vegetables and others. And even where we have them, they are not enjoying global acceptance.
ECONOMY
Excess import over export results in Naira being absorbed to buy foreign exchange currency (Importer-Exporter window 430Naira–$1, while parallel market 630 –$1 ) with which to pay import bill a situation occasioning tight monetary situation. Presently our foreign reserve has dropped significantly from @July ’22 $39.43bn vis a vis foreign debt which is making the authority to impose tight monetary measures to cut domestic consumption of these imported items such as agricultural items that can be sourced locally.
With the present desire of our federal government to open up agricultural export of various staple foods such as yams, beans, and others, effort should be directed towards new products from these to compliment the balance of trade.
As earlier mentioned, most of the new locally developed food items are not enjoying global acceptance. It’s our belief that research activities must evolve to actualize these deficiencies.
At WUFAS AGRONet, some food items are being developed to meet the required acceptable standards globally. This trend must be encouraged by partnering with us to evolve enduring new products that will attract the desired foreign exchange.
New Product Development
Product is conceptualized as going through period of -1- Introduction -2- Growth -3- Maturity -4- Decline . -New products will sustain Sales, profitability, to which a company is accustomed – To contain competition without resorting to price competition. New product Development starts with two main factors . (1)Science and Technology. through RESERCH and DEVELOPMENT. R and D ,the followings are involved. – Utilization of existing knowhow Relationship to future development planning. – Utilization of existing Laboratory Pilot plant and equipment
- Availability of R & D personnel -(2) The market is the bedrock of every establishment . Marketing and Innovation -New products must satisfy the changing needs of customers. -Process of New Product Development. -Exploration or idea generation. Screening -Business Analysis -Development. -Testing. -Commercialization.
PACKAGING
The Art and Science of Packaging is very vast and revolutionary , all aimed at realizing market potential.. To resist insect infestation on food right from the farm different packaging materials are used eg Flexible Packaging — Cellulose, Polyethylene (film or sheet) , Craft papers, coated and laminated aluminum foils etc. Lower grammage of polyethylene and Cellulose film are susceptible to insect whereas higher grammage can withstand insect bites. Also yeast, mould , bacteria and moisture content . Cause deterioratatiio of packaged products. There are preservatives that can be used on the packages. that are not toxic, odorless and tasteless.
A few functions of packaging
- Ready Handling,
- mechanical strength to protect against shock ,
Exert weighing, - Closing or Sealing Tightness
- Protection against contamination
- oxygen or air barrier
-Hindrance to odor intake - Flavor retention-Light occlusion
-Stability of preservatives influences - Water vapor protection.
- Selling and advertisements. etc. There is also the importance of packaging to flavor. Chemicals used in manufacturing can cause “migrants” as in printing inks. The importance of packaging to flavor cannot be overemphasized. Food products that have been properly cans, bottles, boxed, tubed or sealed in plastic or. Cellophane will not only retain their flavors but will also protect them from contamination by other flavors that surround them . The design of packaging plays a vital function in catching the interest of the buyer in a supermarket. To this end, a product must be identifiable by its package shape, color, and design in general. It may also be designed to appeal to certain categories of buyers, e.g., children, teenagers, and the elderly. Cans and jars are impermeable to odoriferous substances.
Other criteria of access are.
As follows :
(1) Package Planning ——
(2) Storage and handling conditions
(3) Data on the packaging materials
(4) Moisture Content
(5) Light Effects
(6) Infestation control
(7) Climate
(8) Frozen food
(9) Mechanical damage (9) consumers’ convenience Conclusively, in packaging, the protection given by a package is always specific owing to the particular weakness of each given product. At WUFAS AGRONet, we have developed some products in cereals, dearies, and tubers. Interested parties can contact us at 08157784430. 08034064270 , email: wufasagronet@gmail.com.
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Excess water from LAGDO DAM in the neighboring Cameroon coupled with the unusual rainfall pattern may soon cause havoc in Nigeria. As it happens, the horrendous occurrence will promptly elicit Crocodile tears from various concerned authorities in government circles. Threatening fire and brimstone against perpetrators that exacerbated the damage. But sadly enough as soon as the water recede to make for normal life again it all becomes life as usual.
SOLUTION
Investigation revealed that Cameroon and Nigeria were supposed to build two Dams on river Benue, at the Nigeria end was to be called DASIN HAUSA DAM in Adamawa which was supposed to be two and half the size of LAGDO dam to contain excess spill waters for irrigation and electricity. However, the uncontrolled large body of water had caused unprecedented damage on properties, farmland and lives along the flood plain killing many.
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ENVIRONMENTAL
FLOODING: WATER HARVESTING .
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✔️The Federal Government of “PBAT” had ordered the Integrity tests on Alua dam and other dams in Nigeria to upgrade and update necessary deficiencies .
✔️Informed data shows that the Federal Republic of Nigeria lies between latitude 40 10′ and 130 50′ North and longitude 20 15’and 140 45′ East, occupying an area of approximately 923,770km2 with irrigable areas of about 624,408ha, in public and private sectors there is abundant land for the practice of irrigated agriculture but it is yet to cultivate 50% of available land for irrigation, only about 35% of the irrigable land is under irrigation cultivation despite the abundance of land and human resources.
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CLIMATE CHANGE INDUSED FLOODING.
Excessive flooding is being experienced in the northern part of the country where drought is mostly predominant places like Maiduguri, kaduna, Kano, Kebbi etc are currently (20th Sept.’24) the epicenter of flooding.
WATER HARVESTING.
Having enough dams for various purposes particularly in the areas of Portable water, Irrigation, Electricity, Water transportation, Fishing and other usages are very essential for the development of the country. However, despite the avalanche of the water resources in the country principal of which are Rivers Niger and Benue, Lake Chad basin water amongst others the benefits of these natural resources are yet to be fully tapped into for national development.
GEOPOLITICAL SPREAD
With a population of >200 million and many dams, Nigeria isn’t maximizing the benefits for national development as evident in the incessant flooding, droughts related issues in agricultural production amongst others. With about 22 large and medium dams, about 18 form the headworks of the Public Irrigation sector Schemes while Kainji, Jebba and Shiroro are mainly for electric generation. The geographical spread of the dams are:
North West with Bakolori in Zamfara state, Goronye in Sokoto state , Jibiya in Katsina state, Kubli and Zobe in Katsina State. Others are Tiga, Ruwan Kanya, Hadejia Barrage, Challawa Gorge.
NORTH CENTRAL
-Niger State with Shiroro dam, Tungan kwo swashiin
-Kwara State we have PHCN having Kainji and Jebba. Others are Cham, Dadin kowa and Kiri all in Kano State.
-South South is Obudu.
-South West we have Oyan in Ogun State .
STATUS
The dams are well over 30yrs old and are all under utilized and maintained judging by the recent flooding experience in Maiduguri, the FG set up a commitee to conduct integrity test on Alau dam and other dams in the country.
The dams are not sufficiently utilized for various deployment as stated above.
SURFACE IRRIGATION TO MACRO-DRIP IRRIGATION METHODS
Presently the world has shifted from surface irrigation to Sprinkler, drip, or macro-drip irrigation methods. This type of irrigation requires technical skills to be efficient and consume less water.
Currently, the surface water is being depleted every day due to Climate change ditto to the ground water of boreholes every where. Hence the need to find efficient new irrigation methods.
EFFECT OF CLIMATE CHANGE
The prevailing climate regime will have to be studied seriously and carefully and communicated to the farmers throughout the country, as flooding has continued to occur where it has never occurred before as a result of the climate change. Especially as it occurred in Maiduguri (20th Sept.2024) when half of the metropolis was submarged in flood waters. This calls for Supplementary irrigation where farming can be done all year round to prevent droughts.
WATER HARVESTING TECHNIQUES
This involves designing or developing a shallow area or depression within a farm settlement such that excess water known as floodwaters is intercepted, captured or harvested and stored in the depression as mini reservoir to be used during dry periods or intermittently at a period of water scarcity.
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✔️Appropriate disposal of human waste in any community is an important aspect of governmental planning,in the area of provision of public toilets.
✔️Nigeria is ranked 2nd amongst countries practicing Open Defication globally.
✔️President Mohammed Buhari in Nov. 2018 launched National Campaigns towards Nigeria becoming Open Defication Free by 2025.
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In building a SUSTAINABLE and LIVABLE cities, the following factors are considered as vital.
-Eradication of Open Defecation
-Refuse Disposal
-Portable water
-Electricity
-Healthcare system
-Gas flaring from crude oil.
According to UNICEF (2017) over 46million people are estimated to be practicing Open DEFICATION in Nigeria, which has negative effect on the populace especially the children in the areas of Health,Economy, Social, security and education which has contributed to the country’s failure to meet the millenium development Goals target.
The sanitation situation prompted the National Council of Water Resources in 2014 to prioritize the development of roadmap towards eliminating Open DEFICATION in the country in line with global campaign for ending the practice.
The initiative tagged making Nigeria Open Defecation Free by 2025,toward this a national Road map was developed by Federal Ministry of water resources with invaluable support from UNICEF and other key sector players across the country.
CONCLUSION
Excretion of human waste is one of the natural factors of human activities
Appropriate and enough public toilets facilities must be provided in all corridors of the communities such as the marketplace, parks and other areas that attracts higher human activities.
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