Access to adequate, secured and timely supply of quality seeds that can improve farmers’ yield per hectare is a major hurdle on the nation’s quest to return to its heydays with agriculture.
Nigeria’s failure to invest in seeds has created a yawning seed gap estimated at N525 billion, leaving
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Josephine Okojie
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.
