Confronting wheat shortage
Confronting wheat shortage Oluwatomisin Amokeoja As Nigeria grapples with wheat insufficiency, stakeholders have met to discuss strategies to boost its production. DANIEL ESSIET reports Wheat grain is in high demand from millers and pasta plants owners. To produce the required amount of wheat to feed the world’s growing population, researchers at Department of Global Development, Cornell University, United States predicted that wheat yields must increase at least 1.4 per cent yearly through 2030. Like other staples, wheat is cultivated in Nigeria. However, its production...
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