Stakeholders advocate market access solutions to reduce Nigeria’s agricultural waste

By Cynthia Alo At the backdrop of severe infrastructure gaps, some stakeholders in the agric value chain, including the Chief Executive Officer of Rashak Farms and Agro-Allied Limited, Rahmah Aderinoye and Executive Director of Community Action for Food Security, Azeez Salawu, have called for a paradigm shift from traditional storage interventions toward solving market access barriers to curb agricultural waste.” On his part, Founder and Executive Director of Community Action for Food Security, Azeez Salawu, noted that tracking losses at the sub-national level is crucial, as state governments must move past political rewards and deliberately integrate data collection into their agricultural ministries.

Chief Executive Officer of Rashak Farms and Agro-Allied Limited, Rahmah Aderinoye, stated that Nigeria’s food security crisis cannot be solved by asking smallholders to store perishables when there are no clear channels to off-take the products.