Okoloko outlines challenges facing Nigeria’s agricultural value chain

 Mr.  Onajite Okoloko, Group Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer  of Notore  Chemical Industries Limited, has listed challenges facing Nigeria’s agricultural value chain to include the inability of small holder farmers to access financing, lack of high-quality quality farm inputs, insufficient and ineffective processing and storage methods, among others.

Lamenting that the agriculture sector accounted for a mere three percent of total lending in commercial banks, Okoloko said the company has created a mobile platform that will ensure that farmers gain access to finance and market value for their operations.
Onajite Okoloko, GMD/CEO, Notore  

He disclosed this while receiving the management team of Media trust Limited led by the  Chief Operating Officer, Mr  Abahay Desai who were on a facility tour to the expansive Notore Onne corporate office recently.

He said the low quality of farm inputs like fertilizers and seeds as well as issues in crops protection and packs sizes are some of the challenges confronting Nigeria’s agricultural value chain. He added that the sector also suffers from poor transport systems, and networks limitation of the movement of food crops from areas of production to the areas of consumption as well as non regulation of commodity exchanges.

Notore, an agro- allied chemical, fertilizer and power company, has added value to the agricultural value chain through education of farmers on fertilizers, seeds and crop protection products application as well as best farming practices. The company also engages in the production of quality and affordable fertilizers products, production of improved rice and maize seed varieties in affordable sizes for farmers as well as production of specialty blends of fertilizers for different crops.


Notore sits on 560 hectares of land and with a capacity to produce 500,000 metric tonnes of Urea and 600,000 metric tonnes of NPK.

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