USING FOOD PROCESSING AND FOOD STORAGE IN ACHIEVING MILLENNIUM DEVELOPMENT GOALS IN NIGERIA

Eradication of poverty and extreme hunger was identified as one of the Millennium Development Goals (MDG’s), hence the hunger and poverty status of Nigerians was reviewed. Poverty was found to be very prevalent in Nigeria and was linked with hunger. Hunger was in turn linked to food production and more to food losses due to lack of adequate attention to provision of food processing and storage facilities. Apart from fighting hunger, food processing and storage could also help in provision of employment, reducing rural-urban migration and also increase income earnings thereby alleviating poverty. Other constraints to the advancement of food processing and food storage in Nigeria were identified. It was obvious that the Millennium Development Goals (connected to poverty and extreme hunger) can be achieved in Nigeria if food processing and storage challenges are addressed. Other useful suggestions were made