With the increasing world population, world food production is not sufficient in meeting the demands of the surging human population. Africa is not left out in the increase in food demand, especially Nigeria, seeing as it is the most populous African nation and farmers in food-producing states now in the grip of killer herders.
According to the Food and Agriculture Organisation, each year, approximately one-third of all food produced for human consumption in the world is lost or wasted. In only the year 2007, about 1.4 billion hectares of land – 28 per cent of the world’s agricultural area – was wasted by growing food that was not consumed; an area larger than Canada and China.
Food waste is a much bigger problem than many people realise. Nearly one-third of all food produced in the world is discarded or wasted for various reasons. This equates roughly to nearly 1.3 billion tons every year. It has been discovered that 45 per cent of foods spoil due to a lack of cold storage facilities. The food items most prone to spoilage are perishable foods, such as fresh fruits and vegetables. This is so because as soon as they are harvested, they start to deteriorate having been cut off from their source of water and nutrition.
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