It is estimated that Nigeria loses 30 to 50 percent of its crops to post-harvest losses. Gloria Elemo, former director-general of the Federal Institute of Industrial Research Oshodi (FIIRO), estimated in 2017 that Africa’s biggest economy recorded post-harvest losses valued at $9 billion annually.
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