If you are concerned with the spate of food wastage and other underdeveloped sectors of the Nigerian economy then you should read this article to the end.
Statistics show that Nigeria losses over 60% of farm produce annually due to lack of storage and Agro processing facilities. Most of the farm produce lost are fruits and vegetables.
Fruits and vegetable are not only easy to eat but they save money on fuel as they are usually in ready to eat form. Most, if not all fruits and vegetables are medicinal.
The nutrients found in fruits and vegetable can prevent as well as help manage diseases such as cancer, ulcers, malnutrition etc.
As rich as fruits are in nutrients they are easily perishable, this is why it is very important that technologies be developed to extract this nutrients to preserve for future use.
Sophisticated technologies can also be developed to store whole fruits and vegetables with little or no interference with the nutritional contents.
It is also worthy to note that many fruits that are still imported to Nigeria such as grapes, apples, straw berries, cranberries and kiwi which are very nutritional can be locally produced if the skills needed to cultivate them in Nigeria soil are learnt.
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