Project Background
Available statistics in the country shows that 80% of farmland cultivation in Nigeria is carried out by smallholder farmers but It is painful to note that while 85% of fresh vegetable, 70% of animal protein, 90% of tuber and 70% of crops sold in most parts of Nigeria are derived from the activities of these resource poor smallholder farmers, almost all aspects of these smallholder farmers’ production processes are limited to crude methodologies (that is, complete reliance on human drudgery, poor quality inputs, seasonality and/or improper harvesting, poor storage and transportation/logistics systems).
