Caribbean countries have expressed readiness to enhance food production in Nigeria and deepen cooperation between them and Nigeria.
The Consular General of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Dr Levi Odoe disclosed this while briefing newsmen and added that the countries would extend their skills and expertise in food security to Nigeria.
He makes a case for the Nigerian government to revive the culture of backyard farming among civil servants and citizens in the country like okra, melon, cassava, and yam, and raise animals like fowl, sheep, and goats to sustain themselves.
The Consular General noted that agriculture creates national security and a healthy society, and advised the Nigerian government to concentrate more on agriculture as being done in the Caribbean.
“I think by a simple method of backyard garden we would have plants in the market and more food,” he said.
Odoe, who is also the envoy of the Republic of Guyana to Africa on Trade and Investment, noted that food security has become an urgent issue in the world, stressed the need for incorporating agriculture and not only the oil gas sector in bilateral relations between Nigeria and the Caribbean.
He stated that some Nigerian entrepreneurs are already using the opportunities under the South-South Cooperation to expand their exports to countries like the Bahamas, Barbados, Brazil, and Guyana, adding that some countries have had to lease land for agriculture in the islands and ship them back home.
Odoe explained that more direct flight routes are being created besides Antigua, to include Guyana, St Lucia, and the rest due to the existing relationship between the Nigerian government and countries in the Caribbean.
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