Nigeria smallholder farmers have continued to lag behind its peers' in terms of yield per hectare owing to the inability of the agricultural research institutes to provide the needed technologies to boost productivity.
Agricultural research institutes have continued to be the weak link in Nigeria
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Josephine Okojie-Okeiyi
Josephine Okojie-Okeiyi is a journalist with over five years’ reporting experience. She writes on industry, agriculture, commodities, climate change, and environmental issues.
She is fellow of Thomson Reuters Foundation and Bloomberg Media Initiative for Africa.