Food Security in the Face of Rising Food Prices in Nigeria.

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I align with your opinions Kola, but disagree on post harvest loss mitigation being less effective and perhaps even costlier than producing more food. If you look at true costs, including opportunity costs, you might reconsider your position. I'd rather we do less a little better than do more with the same results or worse results. I'd rather we increase yield per hectare to match true potentials than tear open more lands with sub-par yields. Agriculture is a specialised endeavour supposed to be done with specialist and correct knowledge and by specialist practitioners across the entire value chains. For example, by not transporting tomatoes in the scorching heat and additionally not bruised or squashed in palm frond baskets, we can significantly reduce losses, and this is without use of refrigerated facilities. This won't break the bank. We can also use more sun-drying. Majority cost in preservation is usually energy and technology related. We simply need to be smarter.