As the rainy season harvest time begins amid mass food shortage, experts have harped on the imperative of avoiding food loss and wastage, urging the government at all levels and corporate investors to mop up available crops.....
As the rainy season harvest time begins amid mass food shortage, experts have harped on the imperative of avoiding food loss and wastage, urging the government at all levels and corporate investors to mop up available crops, add value and store adequately to arrest shortage in the future.
A former Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Chief Audu Ogbeh, had corroborated the fact when he stunned Nigerians that 30 per cent to 40 per cent of food crops produced in Nigeria were ultimately lost and wasted. “We have losses that occur at the harvest, drying, transportation, storage and market levels. So, addressing losses at each of these levels will go a long way in reducing the post-harvest losses.
Shedding light on the inert grain silos, Dr Pessu said the silo is a structure developed for bulk storage of grains without the use of synthetic chemicals.
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