Plantain Value Chain

Plantain value chain

Plantain is a staple food and money spinner for those that understand its production and market. In Nigeria, plantain market has been in existence for decades which is an open market, i.e., a market where any seller can enter to display his or her product.

The only state in Nigeria that consumes the highest cultivation of plantain crops is Lagos because it’s the only state in Nigeria whereby farmers sends their produce from states like Delta, Edo, Ondo, Oyo, Osun and Ogun state. It consumes more than 50% of the total national production.

In Lagos, there is three main markets for plantain. They are ikorodu, owode and mile 12. These are centres where farmers or plantain sellers display their plantain for customers who come from different part of Lagos to purchase the produce.

Plantain supply chain

Farmer…………. Wholesale buyer……………. Retailer………………Consumer

OR

Farmer……………………Retailer…………………………. Consumer

 

What BUYERS look for when buying plantain?

Quality

It has been observed that most consumers will prefer fresh produce from the farm which hasn’t stay much on the road. This is a big challenge as there is mostly small farm nearer to the market and these cannot meet the demand. Another example to note is that a plantain with less quality (plantain turning to black colour) will attract unserious buyers and ridiculous prices.

 

 

 

Size

A big bunch plantain always attract customer, and many do always want to buy it. This is a point to note that farmers that want to cultivate double bunch plantain should not unless there is a certainty that the sizes will be big and attract the customer.
Season

There is a season when plantain is usually scarce and also surplus at the market. When there is surplus, buyers do take advantage and give smaller prices so as to make more profit. A farmer that want make more profit must target season of scarcity and also ensure that the plantain bunches are big when transported to the market.

How prices at the open market fluctuate?

The movement of price is majorly on two items. They are:

  • Demand and Supply: whenever the market demand is lower than the supply, there is an occurrence of low price at the market and vice versa.
  • Quality: Any plantain bunch that has lost its freshness and green colour will be valued less compared to the other bunches that still maintain its quality.

Therefore, to every intending farmer, there must be an understanding of the market structure for your produce before venturing into it.  http://farmlifeng.com/2016/02/28/192/

Where to get your plantain suckers

  • NIHORT
  • CRIN
  • You can also get healthy suckers from reliable farmers

 

Processing of Plantain into flour

For production of plantain flour, you will need the following machines:

  • Dryer
  • Plantain Slicer
  • Hammer Mill with Cyclone
  • Vibro Sifter
  • Soaking Tanks
  • Packaging Machine

The procedure of production involves the following:

  • Sorting: Separation of unsuitable ones out of the batches.
  • Weighing: The sorted plantain is properly measured on the scale.
  • Blanching: In order to achieve easy peeling, in this process, the plantain will be soaked in hot water to soften the skin.
  • Peeling: The skin will be removed manually with sharp knives to obtain it’s pulp.
  • Slicing: A mechanical slicer will be used to slice the pulp.
  • Drying: In this process, the sliced plantain will be dried
  • Milling: A hammer mill will be used to mill the dried sliced plantain.
  • Sieving: In this process, the flour is sieved to obtain the desired particle size.Packaging: Finally the flour will be packaged in a moisture proof packaging material according to various measures. https://tosfatconcepts.blogspot.com.ng/2016/02/plantain-flour-production-and.html

The product would be packaged in plastic bags of different sizes targeting different segments of the market. To sell plantain flour in Nigeria or even export the product abroad, the investor would have to register with the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration Control {NAFDAC} in Nigeria and at such the promoters would have to ensure that the production meets good quality standard by ensuring stringent and hygienic condition prevail at the production plant.

The promoters would also have to register with the Nigerian Export Promotion Council {NEPC} if the product is to be exported.

Plantain flour apart from been used as a substitute for Garri especially for diabetic patients, also serve as a raw material used in the production of cakes, puff-puff, biscuit ,bread and pan cakes.

The various which the product the product can be put to couple with the nutrition and medicinal effects of plantain, makes plantain a high soughed after product. Plantain flour is a cheap source of iron, protein and vitamin A and the product can be marketed through market women, food canteens, hotels and supermarkets.

The major raw material required for production is the unripe plantain pulp which can be sourced mainly from the southern part of the country due to the climatic condition of the area. Some of the plantain producing states in Nigeria includes Delta, Edo, Anambra, Abia, Akwa –Ibom, Enugu, Ebonyi, Benue,Rivers, Cross River, Bayelsa, Lagos, Oyo, Ogun, Ondo, Ekiti and Osun state with Cross River state accounting for the bulk of the production in Nigeria.

https://www.foramfera.com/plantain-flour-production-and-processing-in-nigeria/

Harvesting

Plantains require about 3 months from the beginning of flowering until harvest. Multiple fruits are produced on a large bunch, weighing between 30 to 100 lbs. Within the bunch are clusters of double rows of fruit called ‘hands’, and individual fruit called ‘fingers’.

 

Crop Maturity Indices

Maturity standards for plantains are less precise than they are for bananas. Several different external and internal fruit characteristics can be used to determine plantain maturity. These include

  • fruit diameter
  • age of the bunch
  • angularity of the fruit
  • length of the fruit, and
  • peel colour.

The stage of maturity for harvest depends on the intended market destination. Locally marketed plantains can be harvested at a more advanced maturity stage compared to export market fruit.

Export market destined fruit should be harvested the day before or the same day of shipment.

Plantain maturity is related to the diameter of the fingers. This is determined by

  • measuring the diameter of the fruit at its midpoint with a pair of callipers.
  • Another method is to record the age of the bunch. The time from when the fruit bunch first becomes visible (‘shooting’) is recorded. Bunches can be tagged with different coloured ribbons at the time of shooting, and subsequently harvested after the appropriate time for the particular cultivar, based on the season of the year and experience. The colour of the ribbons is changed weekly to coincide with the time of shooting and subsequently the age of the bunch.
  • A third method used to determine harvest maturity is to observe the shape (fullness) and angularity of the fruit. Immature fruit is angular in cross-sectional shape and has distinct ridges. As the fruit matures, it becomes less angular and more rounded or full. The degree of roundness differs between cultivars and location of the hand on the bunch. Typically, the fullness of the fruit on the middle hand is measured. The appropriate shape to harvest the fruit depends on the market destination. Fruit intended for the domestic market should be harvested when the fruit shape is nearly round.

Export market fruit intended for the Caribbean market should be harvested when the fruit shape is slightly angular, while fruit intended for long distant export markets (i.e. Canada, U.K.) should be harvested when the fruit shape is more noticeably angular.

  • A fourth way of estimating plantain bunch maturity is to measure the length of the edible pulp portion of the fruit from the fingers in the middle hand. The length should be a minimum of 15 cm for the domestic market and 18 cm for the export market.
  • Finally peel colour is another frequently used method of assessing fruit maturity. The peel remains green throughout growth and development of the fruit until it reaches physiological maturity. It then changes to a yellow colour during ripening. However, plantain fruit should be harvested when the peel is green in colour to withstand the rigors of handling and distribution.

Internal fruit composition changes dramatically during plantain fruit ripening. At physiological maturity, the fruit is fully developed in size, green in peel colour, and at its highest level of starch. The starch will progressively be converted to sugar as ripening progresses. The stage of harvest maturity of plantains will depend on the target market.

Plantains for local markets are harvested at a more advanced stage of maturity than those for exportation. However, if the fruit is too mature at harvest, particularly following irrigation or rainfall, fruit splitting can occur during handling. Also, mature fruit may ripen prematurely during transport or storage.

 

Harvest Methods

The usual method of harvesting plantains is to partly cut through the pseudostem approximately 2 m from the ground. This allows the plant to bend over under the weight of the bunch. The bunch is then cut off and carried away by hand to a nearby collection site or packing area.

 

Preparation for Market

Transportation to Collection Area

After harvest, the plantain bunches are taken from the field to a collection area or consolidation site, where they are often piled up on one another. Piling should be avoided, as it results in considerable bruising injury and mechanical damage to the fruit. Rudimentary grading at this point should be done to eliminate diseased, damaged, or over-ripe fruit.

The fruit should not be exposed to sun, rain, or wind. Fruit temperature of plantains exposed to the sun may be up to 10°C higher than shaded fruit. Collection points for the harvested fruit should be shaded and easily accessible to vehicles for transportation.

 

Suggested changes for reducing mechanical injury and damage to the bunches during transport include:

  • use of foam padding along the bottom and side walls of the truck
  • placement of foam padding between the bunches
  • creating several levels in the truck bed with horizontal boards to stack the bunches
  • de-handing the bunches and transport in stackable field containers
  • driving the transport vehicle at a low speed De-handing plantains in the field and packing in stackable plastic field containers is highly recommended for export market fruit.

Plastic field containers are easy to clean, widely adapted for use on a number of crops, and very durable. They also impart significantly less damage to the fruit compared to wooden crates or reed baskets.

 

Cleaning

The cleaning step differs depending on whether the fruit is intended for the domestic or export market. If the plantains are to be sold domestically, usually they can be cleaned with cotton gloves or a moist cloth to remove surface dirt once the hands have been cut from the main stalk (peduncle).

Export market fruit must be subject to a more rigorous cleaning procedure. Once the export market fruit arrives at the packing area it must be properly cleaned and sanitized to maximize its potential market life. If the fruit arrives on intact bunches, the hands need to be cut smoothly from the main stalk using a sharp curved knife or blade. A portion of the crown is left attached to the hand. After de-handing, the hand should be moved by grasping the crown area. Moving the entire hand by lifting one or two fingers will cause pedicel bruising and possible severing of the individual fruit from the hand. When the hands are cut off, sap (latex) oozes from the severed crown. This substance oxidizes and causes a dark stain or blemish on the peel. In order to avoid latex burn, the hands can either be left to drain for 2 minutes on de-latexing trays or floated in water tanks to wash the latex off the fruit surface. If de-latexing trays are used, absorbent cellulose crown pads impregnated with thiabendazole should be applied to the cut crown area after the latex has stopped exuding. Crown pads are commonly used by small-scale growers.

Large-scale plantain growers float the plantain bunches in a water tank to remove any adhering dirt from the peel surface and to coagulate the exuded latex. The water tank should be filled with clean flowing water sanitized with 150 ppm free chlorine, 1% aluminum potassium sulphate (alum) to coagulate the latex, and an appropriate fungicide (except for bananas marketed as ‘organic’). The fruit should remain in the water tank at least 15 minutes or until all oozing of latex ceases.

In some packinghouses, separate washing and de-latexing tanks are used. The fruit is first washed for about 5 minutes, followed by de-latexing for about 10 minutes. The fungicide can be included in the de-latexing tank, or sprayed onto the crowns with a hand sprayer while on the drying tray. Alum may also be applied at the same time and serves as an anti-oxidant to prevent subsequent latex exudations from staining the peel.

The recommended fungicides for postharvest disease control in plantains are thiabendazole (500 ppm) and/or imazalil (1000 ppm). It is very important to keep the fungicides agitated to prevent the active ingredient from settling out. Relatively large amounts of the fungicide are usually required because the wash water becomes dirty and must be changed from time to time.

The water flow transports the hands from the dehanding side of the tank to the opposite side where the hands are separated into clusters of 4 to 8 joined fingers, and small or defective fingers are removed. Some markets require each finger to be separated from the bunch. The clusters are removed from the tank, placed on trays, dried, and graded.  The packing area should be located in an easily accessible area that is shaded, covered, and has good air flow.

 

Grading

Quality standards vary for different markets. They are the most stringent for the North American and European export market and the least stringent for the domestic Guyanese market. However, the following grade standards apply to green plantain fruit on the bunch for both domestic and export markets:

  • fruit must be clean and free of adhering dirt on the peel
  • fruit must be well developed, without pronounced ribs or marked angles
  • fruit must be similar in shape, color (pale green), and skin typical of the variety
  • fruit must be free from visible decay
  • bunches must be well trimmed
  • the neck, which hold the stems of the fingers together, must be between 1 to 2.5 cm from the pulp
  • fruit must be free of damage, or defects caused by malformation, which detract from appearance or edibility

The U.K. market requires a minimum finger length of 22 cm (9 in) and the fruit must arrive with a green peel color. In addition to minimum finger length, the fruit must be free of objectionable blemishes. A small amount of healed scar tissue or superficial insect damage may be tolerated in certain markets. Mechanical scarring of the peel is the single most important fruit defect and can be caused by poor plantation management and harvesting procedures or during transport to the packing area.

 

Packing

Plantains sold in the domestic market are usually not packaged. They are transported to market as intact bunches and de-handed at the market site. However, the external fruit appearance would benefit by de-handling the fruit from the bunch and packing the hands with the finger tips pointed down in padded cartons prior to loading in the transport vehicle.

Plantains exported to Barbados or North American market destinations by air should be packed in strong, well-ventilated cartons, typically containing 18 kg (40 lb) of fruit. The cartons must be strong enough to withstand the forces of palletization and well ventilated to maintain an even fruit temperature during transport. An additional 2 lbs of fruit should be added to the 40 lb carton to account for weight loss during storage and transport.

A commonly used package in the international trade of plantains is a full-telescopic two piece corrugated fibreboard carton with a bursting strength of 275 lb/in². Top and bottom ventilation, in addition to side vents are required, particularly where sea shipments are used. A double-walled bottom is preferred. Typical carton internal dimensions are 20 cm x 51 cm x 34 cm (7.9 in x 20 in x 13.4 in).

Hands or clusters should be packed in a neat, regular pattern to minimize movement and chaffing of the peel. The cartons may be lined with a thin polyethylene film to prevent scuffing of the fruit against the fibreboard. The hands in the bottom of the carton should be placed in the centre and overlapped with the adjacent hands. The crowns should face the base of the carton. A thin divider should be used to separate the two layers of fruit. Fruit should never be forced into the carton. Also, the fruit should never be over packed so it forces the top of the carton to bulge out. This will result in considerable abrasion and mechanical damage to the plantains. Mechanical damage will result in blackened areas of the peel which will soften and often succumb to fungal infection.

Marine container transport is an option if transit time is less than 2 weeks and sufficient cooling capacity is available to maintain storage conditions between 12°C to14°C (54°F – 57°F), 90% RH during transit. If this mode of transport is used the fruit should be packed in cartons lined with perforated plastic film or enclosed in semi to permeable sealed plastic bags and the transport temperature should be maintained between 12°C to 14°C. The modified atmosphere of low O2 and high CO2 established inside the sealed bags from respiration of the fruit will significantly extend the shelf life of the plantains. The plastic film or bags will reduce moisture loss during transport and provide some protection from chafing damage. The fruit should also be harvested at the proper maturity stage to avoid ripening during transport.

 

Temperature Management

The optimal storage and transport temperature for maximizing plantain shelf life is between 12°C to 14°C. This temperature will delay ripening, but avoid low temperature chilling injury. The average shelf life of mature green harvested plantains stored at 12°C is between 4 to 5 weeks. If the fruit is harvested at a more advanced stage of ripening and/or the storage temperature is higher, the shelf life will be less. Green harvested plantains that are stored under ambient temperatures in Guyana will have a shelf life of about 7 to 10 days. At temperatures above 30°C, the pulp will soften but the peel will remain green. However, shelf life of green mature plantains can be extended at ambient temperatures by storing the fruit in polyethylene bags with an ethylene absorbent (potassium permanganate) wrapped in porous paper. In this microenvironment, plantain shelf life can be extended up to 4 weeks at 29.4°C (85°F) and up to 7 weeks at 12.7°C (55°F). To obtain maximum shelf life from plantains, ethylene must be removed from the atmosphere and the fruit must be kept at 12°C.

Humidity Management

The optimal postharvest relative humidity (RH) for plantains is between 90 to 95%. Storage of fruit at < 90%RH will result in peel desiccation and shriveling. The amount of dehydration will increase with decreasing RH. Water loss from localized skin abrasions and chafed areas of the peel will be accelerated with decreasing RH, and the damaged areas will turn brown to black in color. Traditional methods for increasing the storage humidity include spraying fruit intermittently with water, storing fruit on wet sacking, and storing fruit in boxes filled with moist coir or sawdust. Although effective, these methods can cause excessive wetting, which leads to fruit splitting and reduces market quality.

 

Artificial Ripening

Plantains may be consumed at different stages of ripeness. They are commonly prepared as fried sections or chips when the peel is still green and the pulp is high in starch. They are also consumed in the baked or fried form as a sweeter dessert fruit. Starch declines from > 30 % in green fruit at harvest to < 2 % in fully ripe yellow-brown fruit. Ripening is accomplished by holding the green harvested fruit at ambient temperatures and/or artificially ripening the fruit with ethylene gas. At ambient temperatures, the pulp of mature green harvested plantain fruit will soften and the peel will turn yellow to brown in color. A much faster rate of ripening can be obtained by putting the mature green fruit inside a sealed chamber and exposing it to ethylene gas at precisely controlled temperatures. Most commercial cultivars of plantains require 100 to 150 ppm ethylene for 24 to 48 hours at 15°C to 20°C (59°F to 68°F) and 90 to 95% relative humidity to induce uniform ripening. The exact temperature chosen depends on the desired degree of ripening and the peel color. Carbon dioxide concentration should be kept below 1% to avoid its effect on delaying ethylene action. Use of a forced-air system in ripening rooms assures more uniform cooling or warming of plantains as needed and more uniform ethylene concentration throughout the ripening. After the ethylene gas treatment, the chamber is ventilated and the temperatures are gradually reduced. Ripening to a soft textured pulp high in sugars takes about 9 days at 18°C and 12 days at 14°C. If ripening temperatures are too high (>25°C), the pulp may become undesirably soft. The fruit must be kept cool (13.3° to 15.6°C) and at 90% RH after removal from the ripening chamber and during delivery to the destination market to avoid rapid spoilage.

 

Principal Diseases

Crown Rot Crown rot is a major postharvest disease of plantain fruit throughout the world. It is especially problematic in packinghouses that do not follow strict sanitation practices. Crown rot is a disease complex involving several different fungi, including Colletotrichum musae, Fusarium spp., and Verticillium theobromae. Infection occurs from plantain trash in the field, or from inoculum build-up in the packinghouse and during de-handing. Fungal spores colonize the wounded area where the hand is removed 11 from the stalk (peduncle).

Symptoms begin as a softening and blackening of the cut crown surface. Decay typically spreads from the cut surface into the crown area of the hand of plantains during transport. In severe cases, the decay may extend to the top part of the fruit.

Control of crown rot is achieved by dipping the hands of fruit in a fungicide-treated wash tank and/or applying fungicide-impregnated cellulose crown pads to the cut surface of the hand. The most commonly used fungicides are thiabendazole, imazalil, and benomyl. Dipping the fruit in 50°C (122°F) water for 5 minutes is also effective in reducing deterioration from crown rot. The manner of severing the hand from the stalk also influences the amount of crown rot. Breaking the stalk near the crown rather than neatly trimming it with a knife will increase the amount of crown rot. The action of breaking will leave fragments of stalk tissue attached to the crown which are suitable microenvironments for crown rot infection. In addition, fungicide-impregnated pads will adhere better to smooth than to rough crown surfaces, allowing for more effective fungicide transfer and disease control. Good field hygiene and elimination of sources of crown rot inoculum are additional steps useful in reducing this disease. Also, storage of the fruit at 12°C 54°F will minimize the growth of the fungi responsible for crown rot.

 

Anthracnose

Anthracnose peel blemish, caused by the fungus Colletotrichum musae, is another important postharvest plantain disease. Infection originates on immature fruit in the field, but lesions typically do not develop until the fruit ripens and the fungus can penetrate the peel. Anthracnose lesions on green fruit are generally dark brown to black with a pale margin, oval in shape, and slightly sunken. On ripening fruits, the typical symptoms are numerous small dark circular spots which enlarge, coalesce, and become sunken. Salmon-pink spore masses are eventually produced. Diseased fingers mature more rapidly than healthy fingers. Anthracnose control is achieved by the same packinghouse sanitation practices, fungicide treatments, and postharvest temperature control as recommended for crown rot.

Finger rot, caused by the fungus Lasiodiplodia theobromae, is prevalent in Guyana and is most serious following heavy rains. Decay usually begins at the flower end of the fruit or in a wounded area of the peel. The decay spreads uniformly causing a brownish-black discoloration of the peel and a softening of the pulp. The affected area of the peel becomes wrinkled and covered with fungal growth. The pulp is reduced to a soft rotten mass. The disease attacks fruit of all development stages, but is more common on ripe fruit.

This disease can be controlled by minimizing injury to the fruit, removing decaying banana trash in the field, spraying the plants with systemic fungicides, and maintaining a storage temperature below 20°C (68°F).

Postharvest Disorders

Chilling Injury

Plantains are very sensitive to chilling injury (CI), which is a physiological disorder caused by exposure of the fruit to temperatures below 12°C (54°F). Symptoms include peel discoloration (dull or grayish-brown color), flesh darkening, uneven ripening, and off-flavor development. The amount of chilling injury a plantain receives depends on the temperature and the length of time exposed to the chilling temperature. Damage from chilling injury may occur after a few hours to a few days, depending on cultivar, maturity, and temperature. For example, moderate chilling injury will result from exposing mature-green plantains to several days at 10°C (50°F), but severe chilling injury will occur at 4°C (39°F). Chilled fruits are also more sensitive to mechanical injury and microbial decay.

 

 

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Date Added
P – Kings Ventures (Exporter)
Fruits : bananas.
Maize & Cassava.
Nigeria 28-Aug-2017
Asriel Fibers Limited (Exporter)

banana / Plantain Fiber, Bitter Kola Nuts, Ginger, Cocoa Powder.

Nigeria 24-Aug-2017
Fortunes Importex Brokerage Ltd (Exporter & Importer)

Vegetables : Okra.
Spices : Chilly Pepper.
Seafood : Dried Fish, Prawns, Periwinkles, Stock Fish, Snails.
Agricultural Products : Maize, Millet.
Fruits : banana, Plantains.
Dry Fruits : Cashew Nuts.
Edible Oil : Groundnut Oil, Corn Oil, Palm Kernel Oil.
Cocoa Seeds, Rubber Products, Palm Kernel Shells, Coconut Oil, Shea Butter, Gallstone, Fish Oil, Cassava, Yam Tuber, Ginger, Kola Nut, Bitter Kola, Garlic, Charcoal, Melon Seeds, Cocoyam, Tiger Nuts, Honey.

Nigeria 19-Jul-2017
Wills And Ways Ltd. (Exporter)

Minerals : Iron Ores.
Coal, Palm Nut Shell, Coconut Shell, Papaya Leaves, banana Leaves, Tobacco Leafs, Scraps, Wreck Ships, Vessels & Metal.

Nigeria 10-Apr-2017
Babatunde Exports (Exporter)

Agricultural Products : Rice, Wheat.
Edible Oil : Palm Oil.
Fruits : bananas, Onions.
Garri, Honey, Cocoa, Yam, Yam Flour, Casava Flour.

Nigeria 24-Mar-2017
Golden Horn Universal Resources (Exporter)

Edible Oil : Palm Oil.
Fruits : bananas,
Raw Cashew Nuts, Coconuts, Shea Butter & Sesame Seeds.

Nigeria 17-Mar-2017
Fresh Beverages And Farms Ltd (Exporter)

Food Products : banana Chips, Cocoa Nut Chips.
Cocoa Beans, Dry Ginger, Moringa Powder, Moringer Leave, Peanuts, Beans, Soya Beans, Sesame Seeds, Yam, Plantain.

Nigeria 09-Mar-2017
Churchill Nigeria Enterprise (Exporter)

Dry Fruits : Cashew Nuts.
Gingers, Bitter Kola, Unripe banana, African Locust Beans, Kola.

Nigeria 01-Feb-2017
Tuase Nigeria Enterprises (Exporter)

Dry Fruits : Cashew Nuts.
Gingers, Bitter Kola, Unripe banana, African Locust Beans, Kola.

Nigeria 01-Feb-2017
Dangle Company (Exporter)

Building Materials : Cement.
Fruits : banana.
Crude Oil, Gas, Fuel, Beverages Food, Insurance, Cocoa, Coffee, Cassava, Vegetables, Beans etc.

Nigeria 20-Oct-2016
Agbeloba (Exporter)

Cassava, banana & Maize.

Nigeria 12-Oct-2016
Suttonbras Sa (Exporter)

Cocoa Beans, Coconut, Peanut, Sesame Seeds, Moringa Powder & Seeds, Palm Kernel Cake & Shells, Hardwood Charcoal Split Ginger, Fresh Okra, Cavendish banana, Green Millet, Cassava Chips.

Nigeria 05-Sep-2016
A Eliest International Company. (Exporter)

Vegetables & Fruits : banana, Plantain, Ginger, Onions.
Agricultural Products : Maize.
Sorcha, Cassava, Yam.

Nigeria 20-Aug-2016
Estars Engineering (Exporter)

Agricultural Products : Rice, Maize.
Fruits : banana, Pawpaw.
Coconut Coir, Whole Maize, Maize Meal, Waxy Corn, Animals Fodder, Flower Seeds, Organic Vegetable, Agro Waste Briquette, Hybrid Maize Seeds, Paddy Seeds, Hybrid Vegetable, Agriculture Seeds Wheat Seeds, Garri, Coconuts.

Nigeria 19-Aug-2016
Integrity Group Of Company (Exporter)

Fruits : banana.

Nigeria 19-Aug-2016
Amendos Limited (Exporter)

Dry Fruits : Cashew Nuts.
Fruits & Vegetables : banana, Plantain, Yams and Sweet Potato.
Agricultural Products, Charcoal, Cassava Chips.

Nigeria 20-Feb-2016
Coinlife Ltd 201/203 Flower Market

New Covent Garden Market

London

SW8 5NA

Actively imported in Feb
Compagnie Fruitiere Uk Ltd Unit A

Paddock Wood

Distribution Centre

Paddock Wood, Ke

Paddock Wood, Kent

TN12 6UU

Actively imported in Jan
Del Monte Fresh Produce Uk Limited Del Monte House

240 London Road

Staines

TW18 4JD

Actively imported in Feb
Jp Fresh Ltd 12 Newtons Court

Galleon Boulevard

Crossways

DA2 6QL

Actively imported in Jan
Asiko House Of Foods Limited 29 Penhall Road

London

SE7 8RX

Bakkavor Limited Midgate House

Midgate

Peterborough

PE1 1TN

Bestfood Supermarket Ltd 364-366 Bath Road

Hounslow

Middlesex

TW4 7HT

Actively imported in March
Bonwork Ltd 25/27 Western International

Market

Hayes Road

Middlesex

UB2 5XA

African Foods International Ltd. 90 Atlantic Road

London

SW9 8PX

Agrofair Uk Ltd. Third Floor

1 Curtain Road

London

EC2A 3LT

Actively imported in May
Alan Arthur Garratt. Unit 4

Livingstone Road

Stratford

E15 2LJ

Actively imported in March
Arthur Stephen Leandre & Wilbert Servulus Williams 13 Castle Close

Herbert Butler Estate

Homerton

E9 5TN

 

Plantain Buyers

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