, marketing challenges, gross importation and capital flight, as well as to build economic resilience based on agriculture.Nigeria is deficient in the production of most crops, and industrialists do capitailise on this to import virtually all industrial crop. This has discouraged most farmers and puts the country in a difficult agro-economic position causing too much pressure on the exchange rate and fueling inflation, unemployment and rising poverty level amid industrial failure.
Nigerian farmers have not been able to explore the opportunities available from several multinationals companies in Nigeria, which rely solely on imports for their production inputs. The second aspect is closing the gap between farmers and multinationals through training of farmers in Good Agricultural Practices to meet the production standards of such organisations.Olunowo, who is a farm assurer with Global Gap, said: “As a qualified professional that understands the standard procedures, we will ensure that farmers are empowered to operate and adhere to the standards.”