Poor Storage, Transport Drive Unsafe Chemical Fruit Ripening In Nigeria
By STELLA JOHNSON OGBOVOVEH AGRICULTURAL stakeholders have linked unsafe chemical fruit ripening practices in Nigeria to persistent weaknesses in the country’s post-harvest system. They identified inadequate storage, poor transportation, weak cold-chain facilities, bad roads and market uncertainty as some of the pressures facing farmers and traders handling highly perishable produce. However, they stressed that those […]
