As 2020 progresses, stakeholders in the agricultural sector have begun to sensitise the Federal Government on the need to formulate favourable policies that will transform the sector. “Government should provide rural infrastructure and, of course, find ways to preserve our agricultural produce because 55 per cent of them goes to waste. Over 70 per cent of our agricultural productivity is from smallholder farmers, whose agricultural endeavours are often not viable. Currently, the maize flour and maize grids we use in food industries across the country are imported from India and Turkey. Most of the industries rely on imported maize because the maize are not even enough for animal feeds, less food production.”

Source: The Guardian January 26, 2020 02:26 UTC