Latest statistics from the Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development shows Nigeria has a supply-demand gap of 231,000 Metric tonnes(MT) of seeds valued at N81bn while in 2016, the  annual seed demand in Nigeria is about 350,000 MT for rice, maize and sorghum with an approximate seed in
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