The dean, College of Agriculture on the College of Jos, Prof. Patrick Kwaghe, has decried the extreme use of chemical fertiliser and herbicides by farmers in Nigeria.
In line with him, the event has led to a ban on agricultural produce from Nigeria by some Western nations.
Prof. Kwaghe spoke on the lunch of an natural vegetable/fruit market in Jos.
The mission was put collectively by Oxfam in collaboration with COCIN Neighborhood Growth Panyam (CCDP) and City Meals Crews in Jos North and Jos South LGA, Supported by AGILE.
Named Gidan Gona Hub (Jos Natural Farmers Market), the market is for purely natural agricultural merchandise like fruits, greens, fish which can be grown naturally and freed from synthetic addictive, chemical substances, preservatives or fertilizer.
In line with him, the embargo is because of the truth that when these agricultural produce have been exported, they examined them and came upon that there was extreme use of chemical substances of their manufacturing.
“So any initiative that makes use of natural methodology in agricultural manufacturing is a welcome concept,” he stated.
The performing economies supervisor, Peggy Maimaji in her remarks stated Oxfam sees city farming as a essential reply to construct city resilience in cities like Jos.
She identified that the City Meals Hive Undertaking (UFH) was remodeling city agriculture into sustainable livelihood by empowering farmers utilizing agroecology and natural farming to implement round economies utilizing easy strategies like recycling natural waste into compost.
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