
Farmers Education can help Nigerians Control Food toxins.
As reported by Business Day ,Nigeriaâs ability to control the high rate of toxins found in its foods largely depends on farmers education and their adherence to good agricultural practices, experts say.
According to Isaac Ogara, a lecturer in the department of Agronomy, Nasarawa State University said that mycotoxins and other toxins content found in crops can be drastically reduced by mainstreaming control strategies in the countryâs farming systems along the various value chains.
âFarmers need to have
awareness that there are deadly chemical substances that occur naturally
without their knowing. One of the strategies through which farmers can
protect their crops from these toxins is to harvest their crops early.
Harvesting early helps to reduce the incidence of mycotoxins...