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What are some of the agricultural problems in West Africa?

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The agricultural problems of West Africa are not new and are well-documented. However, there are numerous ecologic regions and, depending upon the specific region the problems will change: 1. Biophysical 2. 1. Soil structure and fertility 2. 1. read more

The issues vary per location; fr instance, a lot of the land mass in West Africa is not arable. In Nigeria, some of the issues are predominantly manual farming, low yield due to nil/inadequate/ poor use of fertilizer, poor quality seeds and multi-generational planting, high post-harvest wastage, poor or nonexistent irrigation for dry season farming, high post-harvest wastage, limited farm to town infrastructure. read more

LACK OF INFORMATION: Lack of information remains number one problem facing most small scale farmers in Africa today. Most miss out on new and improved methods of farming. Some especially those in the remote areas have no access to information at all (not even radio sets). read more

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