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industCY._ __ Nigeria spends $3.7bn yearly on wheat flour importation ilE Inlernational Institute for Tropic,,1 AJnC1lltuT'l' ha...~ ~td thnl Ni~erill l'\pt'nds $3.7bn )'earlv on the importalion of wlll'al flour "1(~ IIcau. lI otei II IIU Cnlering S('rvireo; of Ihe 1O"lIIu!t". Mr Sam;rn n r.ht7.lllI1dnr. ~id 111111 0 11
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flour In bread b.,kIOJt MnlllTnclilr ~id thai \1lriOll<; I.'OI.llllri~ had diffl'rtlll 1VJlt'" of hn"ad made from diffett'nl croP!; Arronling II) hlll1, It 15 l1olnhnorm1l1 for Nij1.('rilllfl ha\'c il!; btt'i'l(l mad(' from c:t."'~wa UOIII' "II j" ~hrmt 0111' "'"n;\'31
and l'rarlicatlOlI of hllnj1.t'r. il will bring down tht' CDSI nfbrt"nd and nl"O$'IILc:f\: Ihe ron<;1LlIler.; "It is in Ollr h~nds 10 ha\.... n hettertnmorrnw, maintain food ""fel\' a nd enslIn" that our Jlt'Ople consume lhe I)('<:t" 111e calennl/; el1'l)l"rt
e,<plained Ihnl rn ..<;in'1\ flour ha.." Inw ~upr cont('nt lod TICh in fiu~ Mat.lIlTwlilT .... id Ih;1t il W:lo; a(h,;«:Ihlr for di.,bt-li(' 1)''1l1enls to (':II lilt' ca<;..~\'a hread In a1llM..",111.(', Ih.. Mllu~I('1' Ilf A~.rlCL1lt1lft' and Kuml 1)eo.'t'Iopmrnl, J)r AtlewlIllIi Adl'",inll ....,i<l Ihl1l Nl~"nll wao; rmc of the I(";)din,. pnxIIlCl"'f'C .. f (':I""IO'IYn in Ih" wllrl.1 Th.. 1111111"1('1' 1'1':11 rpp""""nl"ll It\' 111<1 Sl'l'ri;d Ad\'l"l"l on r('{"itlllrni Mnl1(' ..... Mr To", F.~ttll l1 e ""'11.1 Ihat II w:t,4 Ihl' polin "r Ihr F,.,If'1':'1 (,;.o\'t'rT1lllf'nl I.)",M \'3111"10 (':It'''~:t\~ ol1l",.dl' (''''11111. il :I'" fonfon or pri AtI ..... na ...,iu Ih11l NI~l'n:t fllrn"nlh pmduf't'll 17 lIIi11ion IOlln~ IIf rn~ ...'\';1 tlllJ('f"(\'t'lIrl\ II I' !;;wl Ihal il "n~. Ihf'refof'{', nt"('(''''''.1TV 1(1 a,Id V';tll1rTor"~<:"m 11""j1.('1IIIhr counln
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il E NIgerian Instil lilt' of food SclerKT and T«hool,,,;y, has dtcrird I.he ntm-indtLc:ion 0( rcle\':Jnl
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bodies in the podtar.i"l of tlH" FI!'dernI Government's Nationa1 Ar.rieullural Trall5'£nnnal;on A.p!IKIa NIFSTnoioo th.,1 thoug.h the NATA IItttnda was Ihe n~!'d tala 1)'51 for IK'hievi IIi food ~rily Tn tht cou ntry, but the non-inclusion of ~1l"\'lI ot ~lakeholderj~rol1l's,
Ilt.5titullonll, Aca.demia., policy makers and indh'iulIAls in Ihe food industry while ngncuhllTAI
packaging the concept was II mis.~inr; link Ihat could threaten Ihe effec:lh'eness Alld 'rustainllbility of Ihe programme. l1'tt' in"ilitllie :<1n""i.'led Ihal Iht' docllmt'nt placed ,'CI) low emphllsis o n food proa-o:"'IIIJt. \'lIlue IIdelillon and '1u"'tainM lrainintt of IIttfl{'ulltlral praclllmnl.'r'I - all of which Ille motl\'(: forft'$ Ihnt dri\'f' and IIItt'n"lf,' 3/triC'lIhural
prfldllfli\'tl\' In II coll1mllni(llIe l'ii/tnt"'d iI\ Ih .. National Prf";"irlrn l nfthe inslit11te, Prof I,aleef S.,nni, at Iht' t'nd of il"i :ifoth Annunl C(Jnfrrencf'/ ( neral Merlllltt Tn I..,g(l~ f~IIII)'. Ihl' holi) ~ajd the d('arth Ilf fl'mlll',rt'ial IIrn«'uin~ hll~III("<~M on.l poor rO':l.fi nt't\\ork 1)('lw{'en
fanners. pl1lCeSSOl'5 And rollSu m tl'S asWl!'lIas limited aCftSS to funding we~ idt'nlified as key causes of po."iI ha~ 10S5e$.. The body also lamented thai the d~-astatin& effeclS of m:ent flood dill'i'lslers 011 fannlands Ind mfrnslructllR' would worsen the slate of rood insecurily in the. counlry, if nothmg po5ili~ Wl\..'" done' 10 impro\'e Ihe conditions of agro-based jndllSl.ri~ It said, "NATA is Ihe' needed calalyst for achieving food security in
Ihe counlry. Uowever, lherC' ",hould bt Prol)('T inclusion of all re1~'lInt profr~iona1s and s takeho lder bodies in Ihe Imcka~ing of the concept because Ihey arl! lhe moli"r fort'M Ihlll will dri\'~ And inlcn<;ir" a&ricultural pnxil1cthity ~Nn·'ST slrongly ad\'ocllics tlit' f't"\'iew 111111 implementAtion of the. National rolicy Food Hygiene lind Safely to promote Ihe adOI)lion of internalional besT food practi~ in food handling. We call on rclC\'lInt
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s11ch as Raw Ma lerial.. RC"iCllrch Bnd Developmenl Council, ..-t'deral Institule of Industrial Rec:ea n:b. Oshodi, agricultural fl"'Warch in~lit\1lrs elc 10 netwo rk "iO a..'" 10 ensllre the surcessful irnple.rnentnlilln of NATA. "AI!;() tlie slIIlIll nnd 'nt'dinm scale enterprises lin" tht' pillars of any I!t:onomy and should 1)(' su pported to esillbli!;h food pf'OCCSS1Il1I: enlerwises thai win ~pawn new jobs and IIl1eviatt pcJ\'Crty: it lidded.. NII~T.
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