3 RD PARTY CONFORMITY ASSSESSMENT AND CERTIFICATION IN NIGERIA IS THE KEY TO INCREASED PRODUCTIVITY AND REVENUES A PRESENTATION AT THE NATIONAL ORGANIC AGRICULTURE BUSINESS SUMMIT (NOABS) JULY 2018 BY IN PARTNERSHIP WITH
IN PARTNERSHIP WITH • OFFERING SECURITY FROM DUMPING OF TOXIC AND HARMFUL PRODUCTS THROUGH ADOPTION IN NIGERIA OF INTERNATIONAL STANDARDS. • INCREASED LOCAL PRODUCTION OF GOODS IN ACCORDANCE WITH INTERNATIONAL STANDARDS. • INCREASED MARKET SHARE IN GLOBAL MARKETS FOR NIGERIAN GOODS, PRODUCTS AND SERVICES
IN PARTNERSHIP WITH TOOK THE 1 ST STEP OF CREATING THE LOCAL CAPACITY IN NIGERIA TO CARRY OUT CONFORMITY ASSESSMENT AND CERTIFICATION SERVICES
IN PARTNERSHIP WITH • ADVOCACY AND EXHIBITIONS • COLLABORATIONS AND PARTNESHIPS • FREE ADVISORY SERVICES TO POTENTIAL CLIENTS • CONSULTANCY • TRAINING • INSPECTION/AUDIT • CERTIFICATION
IN PARTNERSHIP WITH IS ENCOURAGING FMARD TO TAKE UP THE PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITY OF • SETTING STANDARDS THAT WILL ENHANCE GROWTH IN THE NIGERIAN AGRICULTURAL ECONOMY. • IMPLEMENTATION OF INTERNATIONAL FOOD STANDARDS WILL INCREASE NIGERIA’S PARTICIPATION IN INTERNATIONAL FOOD TRADE. • THE FAO/WHO/WTO COLLABORATION ON THE CODEX ALIMENTARIUS, TECHNICAL BARRIERS TO TRADE AND SANITARY PHYTOSANITARY MEASURES COMMITTEES AS A BASIS FOR SETTING HARMONIOUS AND UNIFORM STANDARDS ACROSS THE WORLD.. • GLOBAL GAP AND NIGERIAN GAP – UNIDO/SON/NAFDAC TAKING OVER – COMPARE WITH THE USDA COLABORATION WITH THE FDA TO PRODUCE THE FSMA • EU 2019 REGULATION ON PLANT LIFE • TRADE IS BASED ON RECIPROCITY AND NIGERIA SHOULD RESPOND • ORGANIC PRODUCTION STANDARDS WILL IMPROVE THE QUALITY OF AGRICULTURAL PRODUCE GENERALLY BY SETTING THE HIGHEST STANDARDS FOR AGRICULTURE AVAILABLE IN THE WORLD TODAY FOR SAFEST PRODUCTS FOR HUMAN CONSUMPTION/USE AND FOR PROTECTION OF THE ENVIRONMENT. • NICERT IN PARTNERSHIP WITH ECOCERT WILLING TO ASSIST THE FMARD TO DEVELOP THE ORGANIC STANDARDS IN COLLABORATION WITH NOAN.
IST POSITIVE EFFECT OF 3 RD PARTY CONFORMITY ASSESSMENT AND CERTIFICATION: INCREASED MARKET SHARE FOR NIGERIAN AGRICULTURAL EXPORTS IN LUCRATIVE INTERNATIONAL MARKETS CONFORMITY ASSESSMENT AND CERTIFICATION OPENS • UP MARKET SPACE International markets set standards to protect consumers • and to enforce integrity of the products. AN ACCREDITED 3 RD PARTY CERTIFICATION BODY REQUIRED • TO CONFIRM CONFORMITY WITH CERTAIN SET STANDARDS. Any entity conducting a business for which a standard • exists may ask to have its products or services certified by a certification body, such as NICERT-Ecocert. THESE STANDARDS CAN BE QUALITY OR ETHICAL • STANDARDS SUCH CERTIFICATION IS USUALLY PRECEEDED BY A PROCESS • OF CONSULTANCY (TO SET UP THE NECESSARY QMP & QMS THAT GUARANTEE CONSISTENT ONFORMITY WITH THOSE STANDARDS) AND ASSESSMENT BY INSPECTORS/AUDITORS. Certification is awarded for a limited period, • during which the certifying body carries out monitoring.
STANDARDS SET BY INTERNATIONAL MARKETS FOR IMPORTS MAY BE COMMERCIAL OR LEGAL COMMERCIAL STANDARDS CERTIFIABLE COMMODITIES • ` These commercial standards contain quality and ethical requirements. • Nigerian products may CONFORM WITH THE QUALITY REQUIREMENTS AND • FAIL on the ethical requirements.
Legal Standards The statutory/LEGAL standards often major on quality requirements but progressively incorporate • ethical standards too. The Statutory Standards are often prescribed by statutory bodies such as the USDA (Ministry of • Agric), the FDA (NAFDAC) & The European commission. The USDA has quality standards for each and every commodity that apply equally to locally produced and imported agricultural products into the USA. Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA) • Eu plant regulation 2019 •
IN PARTNERSHIP WITH • RECOMMENDS THAT THE NIGERIAN ORGANIC MOVEMENT INCORPORATE A COMMERCIAL APPROACH TO ITS STRATEGY BY SHOWING PRACTITIONERS HOW TO DEVELOP THE PRACTICE INTO THRIVING SUSTAINABLE AGRI- BUSINESSES. • THIS REQUIRES A PARTNERSHIP WITH A 3 RD PARTY CERTIFICATION BODY LIKE US TO REVIEW THE ASSESSMENT AND CERTIFICATION PROCESS TO HARMONISE IT WITH THE REQUIREMENTS OF INTERNATIONAL MARKETS SO THAT WE CAN ADD OUR CERTIFICATE WHICH OPENS UP THOSE MARKETS TO NOAN MEMBERS. • WE CAN THEN MAKE OUR MARKET LINKAGE AND DEAL ROOM SERVICES AVAILABLE TO COMPLIANT MEMBERS OF NOAN
CASE STUDY 1: GINGER
PRICES IN THE MARKET From the 2017 reports on ginger In the international market, a tonne of ginger generated between $6,000 and $7,000 dollars. In Nigeria however, a tonne stood at $3,500. Ginger has gained a permanent place in many kitchens, thus boosting the demand. For the Nigerian exporters, transport is a challenge. Moreover, the country’s production is not well known or recognized ( www.freshplaza.com/170078/OVERVIEW-GLOBAL-GINGER-MARKET ). This is attributable to its not conforming with the required standard and certification.
WORLD MARKET FOR GINGER World top exporters of ginger include: China, India, Nigeria, Jamaica and Sierra Leone. Thus ginger is an important Nigerian export crop. The major market destinations are the UK, USA, Japan, Canada, Belgium, Germany and the Middle East. Nigerian ginger however is only formally exported to China, Chad, Sudan and Ghana while the remaining is sold mainly in the northern states, especially to Sokoto, Borno, Kebbi, Kano and Zamfara states. According to Daily Trust Newspspaper Mar 3 2016 THUS GINGER FROM NIGERIA IS YET TO ENTER THE LUCRATIVE MARKETS LISTED ABOVE.
RECOMMENDATION • THE NIGERIAN GINGER PRODUCERS WILL BENEFIT MORE FROM GLOBAL GAP CERTIFICATION, BECAUSE IN THE LUCRATIVE INTERNATIONAL MARKET, THERE IS A HUGE AND GROWING DEMAND FOR GINGER CERTIFIED FOR CONFORMITY WITH GLOBAL G.A.P. OR ORGANIC PRODUCTION STANDARDS.
CASE STUDY 2: CASHEW
“Out of the 220,000 tonnes of exported raw cashew nuts, Vietnam accounted for 181,753 tonnes, while 38,247 tonnes went to India, China and other countries in the last 11 months.” Mr Sotonye Anga - President of The National Cashew Association of Nigeria (NCAN) in 2017.
European markets offers opportunities for exporters of cashew nuts The Netherlands, Germany and the United Kingdom are currently the largest import markets and they offer good opportunities for developing countries exporters of cashew nuts. European imports of cashew nuts into Europe increased annually by an average rate of 17% in value in the last five years and reached €1.3 billion. The leading developing country supplier of cashew nuts to Europe is Vietnam, followed by India. The Netherlands is the third largest supplier of re-exported cashews.
Market Segment for Organic Cashew Nut Organic Cashew nut is in high demand in the following countries; North America, Latin America, and Eastern Europe, Western Europe, and Asia- Pacific region, Japan and the Middle East. The current market price for raw organic cashew nuts is $4000 per ton while the conventional cashew nuts is sold for $2400.0-2400.0 / Tons. Grade: W320 Credit: Alibaba.com Note: The general certifications needed for export of cashew nuts to Europe and North America are Organic certification for organic products or Fair Trade certification for conventional products.
PROTECTING AND INCREASING ORGANIC IN THE WILD HARVESTS FOR EXPORT “Wild collected products are mainly products with a food, cosmetic or medicinal use that are collected in the wild. There is no final and appropriate definition of the term, and many other terms are used for similar kind of products, like for instance “biodiversity products”, “natural products” or “non-wood forest products”. Such products may be used as, for example ; • Ingredients for cosmetics and pharmaceuticals. • Food and food additives (e.g. edible nuts, mushrooms, fruits, game, herbs, spices, fish, sweeteners). • Fibres(alternative wood sources like rattan and bamboo, e.g. used in furniture, clothing, construction or utensils), detergents and other industry product ingredients. A wide diversity of wild plant species are used and traded for medicinal purposes. About 440,000 t of medicinal and aromatic plants were traded internationally in 1996, with a reported value of USD 1.3 billion. More than 2,000 medicinal and aromatic plant species are used commercially in Europe. Approximately 90% of all medicinal and aromatic plants harvested in Europe are collected from the wild, with Eastern Europe and the Mediterranean region being the main suppliers1. Concern about sustainability of collection has arisen with increased trade in wild collected products. As demand for wild collected products increase, harvesting may increasingly become unsustainable. Organic certification has the potential to contribute to increased sustainability of collection as well as offering many producers new marketing opportunities and higher prices. The demand for organic wild collected products is significant. Products for direct food consumption, such as berries, nuts, mushrooms and a large number of herbs are the main items. There is also a growing interest for organic products in the body care and medicinal herb sectors. However, statistics on the production and marketing of organic wild collected products are very scarce.” OVERVIEW OF WORLD PRODUCTION AND MARKETING OF ORGANIC WILD COLLECTED PRODUCTS Organic
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