Professional Documents
Culture Documents
Unlocking Potentials of Hibiscus Flower
Unlocking Potentials of Hibiscus Flower
flower, export
A female staff of AgroEknor sorting hibiscus flower, at the factory headquarters,
Kano.
Despite its prospects, only few farmers are into its cultivation, as it
has been confined to the north. It does not do well in the South
due to the soil texture, coupled with the fact that it does not
accept fertilizer usage.
“Nigeria is the largest producer, but importers decided to price our
products low because of low quality. And for us to match up with
the international standard, we came up with the fumigation plan,
which will soon be in use.“Who says hibiscus flowers cultivation
will not make them rich? What is the National Agriculture
Quarantine Service (NAQS) about hibiscus? What is Jigawa State
Government doing about it? What is the Federal Government
doing to boost its cultivation? It is a multi-billion worth commodity
that can make people rich. Nothing stops the Federal Government
from extending the Anchor Borrowers Programme (ABP) to
hibiscus farmers.”
While calling on government to get involved, he appealed to
youths to develop interest in this industry; and for government to
discourage rural-urban migration and create awareness and
social campaign on benefits and potentials of growing hibiscus.
He identified unfriendly environment for investors and
entrepreneurs, especially dearth of infrastructure, as major
albatross to business development in the country.
“The issue of logistics and infrastructure is killing the business
and government needs to do something. For instance, when our
shipment leaves Kano for Lagos, the trip shouldn’t be more than
four days, but currently, a truck can spend up to 22 days on the
road due to bad state of the roads.“We are appealing to investors
to join hands with us to make the industry great. Hibiscus market
is very large, and can bring quick return on investment. Ours is a
complete value-chain, which guarantees transparency. Investors
are welcome to join hands with us.”