By Jimoh Babatunde
Nigeria may be losing as much as 50 per cent of the food produced in Lagos before it reaches consumers, a development stakeholders say highlights the urgent need for large-scale commercial farming to address the country’s growing food crisis.
The disclosure was made in Lagos during the unveiling of a corporate farming initiative aimed at improving agricultural production and reducing food losses across Nigeria’s supply chain.
Stakeholders from government, agribusiness, banking and farming communities said the country must move away from its fragmented smallholder farming structure and adopt coordinated commercial farming models capable of boosting productivity and strengthening food security.
At the event, Origin Tech Group unveiled its Corporate Farm Model, a platform designed to support large-scale farming through structured financing, technical farm management and guaranteed market access for agricultural produce.
Executive Chairman of the company, Prince Sam
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