Hope rises for food security in Nigeria as firms form partnership


Published 15 Apr,2021 via The Nation - A food and agro-processing firm, WACOT Ltd, and an agritech firm Syngenta Crop Protection have formed a partnership to boost Nigeria’s food security and sustainable development of the agriculture sector.

The deal will see Syngenta working closely with WACOT over the next five years to help improve the sustainability, quality and safety of Nigeria’s agriculture with world-class science and innovative crop solutions.

Although Nigeria’s agriculture sector is the country’s highest employer of labour, accounting for 70 per cent, it has suffered low output resulting in poor returns for farmers and massive food import.

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