Nigeria’s 11m-tonne cold storage gap exposes food supply weakness

…as stakeholders list challenges, proffer solutionsBy Cynthia AloNigeria has an estimated 11 million tonnes of perishable produce requiring cold storage, but less than 20,000 tonnes of long-term capacity, stakeholders have said.They blamed short-term financing for blocking investment needed to cut post-harvest losses.Speaking at the 10th Sustainability Table Series in Lagos, themed, ‘‘Feeding the Future: Resilient Food Systems, Smarter Value Chains & Cold-Chain Infrastructure’’, Managing Director of Mystrose Agro Commodities Ltd and NovaChill, Babatunde Niran-Aluko, said building cold storage at scale requires at least £600 per tonne.