I do not know where President Tinubu will be going to next in search of foreign direct investment but I just hope that his next trip is used to raise funds for an agriculture policy that looks like this

Ayo Akinfe

[1] Within four years, we will raise maize output from the current 10m tonnes to match Mexico’s 28m tonnes

[2] Across Nigeria, we will increase tomato production from the current 4m tonnes to match Pakistan’s 16.6m tonnes

[3] Within the next five years, we will increase rice production from the current 6m tonnes to match Thailand’s 25m tonnes

[4] By 2030, we will raise sugarcane production from current 1.3m tonnes to match South Africa’s 15m tonnes

[5] Over the next five years we will increase cocoa production from the current 328,263 tonnes to match Ghana’s 883,652 tonnes

[6] By 2030, we will increase plantain production from the current 3.09m tonnes to match Cameroon’s 4.31m tonnes

[7] We will increase pineapple production from the current 1.5m tonnes to match Costa Rica’s 2.9m tonnes

[8] Over the next 10 years, we will increase timber production from the current 69m tonnes to match Indonesia’s 119m tonnes

[9] By 2035, we will have increased palm oil production from the current 1.2m tonnes to match Malaysia’s 20m tonnes

[10] Over the next 10 years, we will increase milk production from the current 523,599 tonnes to match Pakistan’s 45.6m tonnes

This expansion plan must be accompanied by a no-nonsense value-added programme. Under no circumstances whatsoever must raw primary commodities be exported without value addition.

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