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Eco-friendly Agriculture:
- Growers should resort to practices that encourage the cycling of resources, promote ecological balance, and conserve biodiversity
Artificial/Synthetic inputs:
- Growers should restrict the synthetic fertilizers and pesticides they use to those approved in the organic regulations.
- Growers should use preventive measures and physical controls before using approved pesticides
Fertility and nutrient management:
- Grow it green focuses on developing soil in ways that rely on natural material
It is also about Green (Organic) Handlers
Green handlers
- process, package, or store organic agricultural products
Green handlers modify
- agricultural products using methods that comply with organic regulations (such as: cooking, baking, curing, drying, mixing, grinding, churning, separating, distilling, extracting, slaughtering, fermenting, dehydrating, freezing, packaging, canning, etc.)
Green handlers must protect organic products from:
- Contamination by prohibited substances
- Commingling with inorganic products
Organic Products command higher value and prices in the local and global market, for obvious reasons being that they are completely safe, with a guarantee of no adverse effects on the human body.
Consequently, it is also about organic certification
By the way what can be certified?
- Category A: unprocessed plant products originating from farming or wild collection
- Category B: live animals or unprocessed animal products (please refer to the species
listed in Annex III of the Ecocert Organic Standard (EOS); bees.- Category C: aquaculture animals (species listed in the dedicated EOS chapter), wild
seaweeds or farmed seaweed as well as micro-algae from fresh or brackish water.- Category D: processed agricultural products and yeasts intended for food
- Category E: processed agricultural products and yeasts intended for feed
- Category F: Vegetative propagating material and seeds for cultivation
Having realized the inestimable importance of Organic Agriculture today, and of course the benefits of making a transition from conventional agriculture to Organic based practices, it becomes necessary to further show you that it is far easier than you may have envisaged getting organic certification that gives you a license and backing to export your products to the European and indeed the global market, for better returns on your investment. In Nigeria, in the year 2017, an initiative was taken (the first of its kind in Nigeria) by the Niger State government to Set up the first certification body in Nigeria, this was realized and we now have a certification body in Nigeria (named NICERT, a subsidiary of a world renowned certification body - ECOCERT SA) domiciled in Abuja which certifies organic products according to European Commission (EC) and USDA (NOP) standards. This certification grants you access (a legal backing) to export your products as "ORGANIC" to the international market, you have nothing to lose, many farms and organizations have already keyed into this great opportunity, you can also apply for your Fair Trade certification......
What Grow it Green Network is About
What Grow it Green Network is About
Eco-friendly Agriculture:
- Growers should resort to practices that encourage the cycling of resources, promote ecological balance, and conserve biodiversity
Artificial/Synthetic inputs:
- Growers should restrict the synthetic fertilizers and pesticides they use to those approved in the organic regulations.
- Growers should use preventive measures and physical controls before using approved pesticides
Fertility and nutrient management:
- Grow it green focuses on developing soil in ways that rely on natural material
It is also about Green (Organic) Handlers
Green handlers
- process, package, or store organic agricultural products
Green handlers modify
- agricultural products using methods that comply with organic regulations (such as: cooking, baking, curing, drying, mixing, grinding, churning, separating, distilling, extracting, slaughtering, fermenting, dehydrating, freezing, packaging, canning, etc.)
Green handlers must protect organic products from:
- Contamination by prohibited substances
- Commingling with inorganic products
Organic Products command higher value and prices in the local and global market, for obvious reasons being that they are completely safe, with a guarantee of no adverse effects on the human body.
Consequently, it is also about organic certification
By the way what can be certified?
- Category A: unprocessed plant products originating from farming or wild collection
- Category B: live animals or unprocessed animal products (please refer to the species
listed in Annex III of the Ecocert Organic Standard (EOS); bees. - Category C: aquaculture animals (species listed in the dedicated EOS chapter), wild
seaweeds or farmed seaweed as well as micro-algae from fresh or brackish water. - Category D: processed agricultural products and yeasts intended for food
- Category E: processed agricultural products and yeasts intended for feed
- Category F: Vegetative propagating material and seeds for cultivation
Having realized the inestimable importance of Organic Agriculture today, and of course the benefits of making a transition from conventional agriculture to Organic based practices, it becomes necessary to further show you that it is far easier than you may have envisaged getting organic certification that gives you a license and backing to export your products to the European and indeed the global market, for better returns on your investment. In Nigeria, in the year 2017, an initiative was taken (the first of its kind in Nigeria) by the Niger State government to Set up the first certification body in Nigeria, this was realized and we now have a certification body in Nigeria (named NICERT, a subsidiary of a world renowned certification body - ECOCERT SA) domiciled in Abuja which certifies organic products according to European Commission (EC) and USDA (NOP) standards. This certification grants you access (a legal backing) to export your products as "ORGANIC" to the international market, you have nothing to lose, many farms and organizations have already keyed into this great opportunity, you can also apply for your Fair Trade certification......
