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By Jimoh Babatunde
THE quest for Nigeria to fast track its economic diversification for enhanced growth through the agriculture sector will receive a boost with the proposed launch of the Incorporated Society of Planters (ISP) for stakeholders in the plantation industry.
The ISP, which is the brainchild of Foremost Development Services Limited and Agrinexus Group of Companies, has indicated its move to reduce the recruitment of foreign professionals across the value chains through its training programme.
According to him, the country must develop its agriculture in the way countries with highly productive agriculture have developed theirs, noting that this prompted the introduction of an ISP chapter in the country’s agricultural landscape.
He said the ISP is an establishment that has been established to grow and develop capacities of agricultural graduates all over the world, adding it can impact the country’s agricultural development by adding values and making it as productive as it should be.
“Before now, ISP has been in Malaysia and some other Asian countries but today through the efforts of Agrinexus International and Foremost Development Services to launch the ISP in Nigeria,” he said.
He noted that the establishment of ISP in Nigeria will help create an African hub as it will act as a regional organisation.
Speaking also, Shermal Perera, Group Managing Director and founder, Agrinexus Group said : “ ISP has been in Malaysia for over 100 and during its early development, it was established for planters to join as members to enable them to take up courses that enable them to establish productive plantations.
“As a member you can go through training courses and proper education for you to establish yourself in the plantation industry.”
“It is important because it allows you to extend your knowledge in agriculture and allow your career to develop and move up the ladder from a humble beginning to a high position,” he explained.