‘Tackle malnutrition by adding soybeans to staples,’ say Nutrition experts

Increasing consumption, insurgency fuel N225bn soybean supply shortfall

The growing use of soybeans for human consumption and animal feed is creating a shortfall in the supply of the commodity in Nigeria.

Nutrition experts have called for the inclusion of soybean to wheat flour in the production of staples such as bread, pasta and noodles to tackle malnutrition, noting that the intake of Soybean in Nigerian diets is inadequate, noting that Nigeria is the largest Soybean producing country in sub-Sahar

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