Indian government has expressed its readiness to support Nigerian farmers to plant more pulses that would be exported to India. Such pulses include dry beans, dry broad beans, dry peas, chickpeas, cow peas, pigeon peas, lentils, Bambara beans, vetches, lupines and pulses.
The Head of Chancery, High Commission of India, Jagdeep Kapoor, disclosed this in Lagos yesterday while addressing journalists.
Kapoor informed that the scheme would create a source of income for Nigerian farmers, and also ensure steady flow of the produce to India, noting that the project would be a priority in India and Nigeria’s 2017 Civil Aviation and Agriculture Cooperation Agreements, that would soon be formalised by both governments.
“Nigeria and India’s fresh areas of cooperation in 2017 would focus mostly on the signing of the Civil Aviation and Agriculture Agreements, that would soon be formalised by our two governments.” he said.
The head of Chancery announced the announced his government’s readiness to support Nigerian farmers to plant pulses, that would be massively exported to India for industrial and household consumption.
He noted that the move became imperative as there was currently a growing demand for pulses in India and that Nigerian soil was rich for planting and production of the leguminous crops.
According to him, “We are going to be encouraging Nigerian farmers to plant pulses, that currently needed in the large quantities in India. And India is a ready market for these crops today”
The Indian official promised that his government would be sending some Indian farmers to Nigeria to support Nigerian farmers in the planting of the crops, expressing confidence that the initiative would create employment for the teeming youths in Nigeria.
“We strongly believe that the planting of these crops in Nigeria would make Indians have more supply of pulses, generate income that would encourage more young Nigerians into planting these crops for export.” he expressed.
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