The Nigerian Commodity Exchange Commission is a figure head commission I have never seen them do anything that support food producers. Buyers will form a bargaining group, determine price for farmers, determine price for consumers. And our exchange commission is nowhere to be found. Imagine from the video, if... any farmer says his produce is higher in price he's not going to sell because buyers already determined price even before he harvest his produce. There are so many useless commission that the Govt needs to weed out... If we can't see your importance then you shouldn't exist.show more

Have been thinking about this and i find out that the right way to solve this on our own after the Government failed us, is Cooperative farming. It will helps the farmers with a bargaining power

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It’s not the government bro, the government do try to regulate the prices but those MIDDLEMEN are daylight robbers. They understand that if they don’t pressure the farmers to agree at their prices the produce might probably get damaged. Funny thing is when they now beat those prices down they come to the city with those produce and sell x8 of that price

Boss I have not seen govt regulate price of farm produce bro They don't...they even use prices of open market

Farmer's lack of education is working against them. 1st off, you can help them form different cooperative and put a price ceiling and price floor on their products. Additionally, they can eliminate the middlemen by moving their products to the main markets to sell directly.

What if there is an app just just marketplace on Facebook where different farmers comes to display there produce and prices. I have thought of building an app that would do just that. A multi vendor marketplace

Farmers should form cooperatives and establish their own retail markets. They should lobby government to fund it and make sure to retain direct control of the market.

This has been happening for years and I don't know if there will be an end to it because these people have strong presence, money etc.

Luagro is going to bridge that gap... direct access between farmers and consumers(B2B,B2C)

Everything is government to Nigerians, even when it's as simple as supply and demand. What stops the farmer from forming an association and refusing to sell to those middlemen but directly to willing consumers? Nope, Una want sell at exorbitant prices to middlemen first.

These are very important discussions everyone need to put mouth. If farmers are earning less for their hard work, they'll not be encouraged to produce more and there's less motivation for younger generation to embrace that lifestyle. We care much more about BBM Naija interview 😢

the middlemen are always in the market... so they know each other well and can easily form a union to control prices. the farmer? harvests today, and might only return next week or so... so it's much harder for them to organize or have any real voice in the market.

They should move the market themselves to the city.

This was what Fekomi or that herbal guy was saying that day. You get a product at 30k per goods and selling it as high as 70k. Just imagine. Same thing with these middle men and farmers. They’ll sell one tuber of yam for 5k plus after buying at 1k or 2k max. Very wicked.

This is exactly what happens when government creates institutions without giving them the teeth, funding, independence and accountability to do their jobs. If buyers can form cartels, dictate farm-gate prices and leave producers with no meaningful bargaining power, while the supposed regulator is invisible, then the commission has failed its purpose. Farmers shouldn’t be price takers while middlemen become the biggest winners. Government’s job isn’t just to announce agricultural policies it must build a market where farmers can negotiate fairly, access reliable price information and actually benefit from the food they produce. And yes, every government agency should be able to answer one simple question: “What measurable value are you delivering to Nigerians?” If the answer is nothing, reform it, merge it or scrap it. Nigeria cannot afford expensive institutions that exist mainly on paper.

The farmers use to aid them in the past now the chicken as come home roost. These are very so power that you can't just decide to start any food business or businesses that producers are usually in villages or farm settlement without going through them. You can't Amala flour in bags from producers without going through them. The producer won't sell to you have to go and register with these people and be buying through them until a time they give you freedom to access the producers on your own. This same practice applies to charcoal business and others.

Famers too should form associations. If you agree at 10k nobody should sell below that. If the middlemen waste their money on transport to come to the market and they couldn’t buy anything then everybody loose and move on. Government will not and shouldn’t control the price.

Farmers should form association from their end Case close

which kind thing be this. it can never happened in delta state sha. those village markets price is determined by demand and supply. in the early morning of the market things are cheaper compared to from 10 or 11am. when a produce is not much in the market expect a higher price

Dnt let APC members come for you oo, dnt like people mentioning government or to call their attention to something that is bothering people.

I no send their Papa

Is there no way farmers can sell directly to consumers . A system where by they can notify direct consumers of the crops or goods they have harvested and people buy direct

@tomiwa_FR That’s the main reason the price falls on produce in rural areas didn’t reflect in the cities.

It's very obvious somebody somewhere wants these to be the normal course of things. Are you even sure the president knows about these mechanisms?

8/ • Limited agro-industrilazation: When you have a situation where the bulk of raw farm produce are sold for raw consumption than as raw-materials for processing companies, usually the chances of market saturation/glut is high. This creates a situation where

You see those middle men ehn! Koni ragba fu won.

Baba, so dem don finally kill the Produce Boards, that used to buy export products from farmers? Chai! Ko ni dá fún IMF ati HaiBibi o!

The middlemen are the major culprits here. I experience this their behaviour when I was operating my fish farm. They are the ones that reaps the gains of farmers.

5/ the prices of fresh farm products in a particular market, while that price crash spread within a day to other markets within & outside that community and even State. It's also important to understand that one of the reasons why farmeds become vulnerable to price

I travel to Delta state in Isoko, 5 custard of garri 1 lady is pricing 4k and I got angry I told d woman don’t sell for her I will give u 10k for this. After all the suffering you went through someone is pricing you 4k for what. I bought d garri &gave to my friend in PH

7/ • Impoverished condition of many farmers: Because many farmers live on mouth to hand or under pressure to meet personal obligations, upon harvesting, many farmers are under final pressure to sell off than keep farm products, as they have to meet personal needs & pay debts.

Dat's y fake palm oil is everywhere. People ll want to pay less amount 4 farm produce. D quarter plot I farm on, I just dey cry for farmers cos d stress is more dan d gain. For those that don't understand OUR FARMERS ARE SUFFERING, please farm on 1/2 plot and let's know how far

2/ inability of Nigerian farmers (especially small & medium scale) to form a sustainable collaborative or cooperative society where they can align interests & decisions under a common objective of protecting their agribusiness interests. We farmers crying/complaining about

This area should be concerning for the govt. The powers of govt and impact can be felt much more here than giving out agric inputs for small scale farmers to cultivate their produce. But who is the agric minister sef?

@pelumizpage This is nah true I’ve experienced it first hand at Mile 12 plantain market years ago

So let’s do something about that Can we set up an app for the farmers? Where they put their goods? You’re a farmer You can create a platform where the farmers can easily display their goods for take off

Very wicked people

Where are these farmers market, drop locations , let figure a way to help the farmers