Agro experts have canvasses the adoption of Organic agriculture practices in Nigeria saying it sustain or improve agroecology as longevity of land or environment for organic agriculture has to be ensured by organic agriculture.
This is even as he said that no country in Africa is among the top 10 of the world’s largest area of organic land.Olugbenga Ade Oluwa, who is the Country Coordinator of Ecological Organic Agriculture (EOA) Initiative in Nigeria, said this during his online presentation on the Principles of Organic Agriculture practices organised by Journalists Go Organic Movement.Journalists Go Organic is a Pan African initiative that brings journalists together with organic agriculture and environment experts on how to have a healthy nation and a healthy environment.
He said that low level of technical know-how among stakeholders and policy makers have been part of the major limitations to the development of the organic agriculture sector in Africa.He said: “Global organic sector was valued at 130 billion US dollars as of 2019, with 72.3 million hectares managed by over 3.1 million producers and yet Africa is still found wanting’’.Adeoluwa, an Associate Professor in the Department of Soil Resources Management, University of Ibadan, said organic agriculture contributes a lot to the health of the world.
