Nigeria urged to tackle 40% food waste to boost exports

The Senior Director of Breeding and Pre-Breeding at the International Institute for Tropical Agriculture, Professor John Derera, has expressed concern over what he described as “A loss of 40 per cent of food grown by farmers in Nigeria annually.”

He also valued the total food loss to be at about $9bn.

Derera, in a statement made available to PUNCH Online on Saturday, noted that Nigeria can feed its population and strengthen its economy…