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POST-HARVEST LOSSES
The Minister of Agriculture and Food Security, Senator Abubakar Kyari, has announced that the federal government will reclaim idle silos across Nigeria due to massive post-harvest losses currently estimated at $10 billion annually.
The Kwara Budget Committee Group has urged the state government to allocate funds in the budget for silos and other preservation methods to curb annual post-harvest losses estimated at N94.5 billion.
Nigeria needs 5,000 cold trucks and 100 cold rooms, each with a capacity of 500 tonnes, to tackle its N3.5 trillion annual post-harvest losses, according to the Organisation for Technology Advancement of Cold Chain in West Africa (OTACCWA).