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NIGERIA is a major maize consuming nation as all sections of the country utilise it as a major source of food for human consumption, animal feed, and industrial raw materials.
Currently, Nigeria is the 14th largest producer of maize in the world, with a total production volume of 12.1 million tons in 2019, representing about 3 per cent of global production.
The government has over the years been involved in various initiatives targeted at scaling up production including importing maize to meet the national deficit. Through the Institute for Agricultural Research (IAR) of the Ahmadu Bello University, Nigerian researchers have developed and released over 50 varieties of maize adopted to all the Nigerian agro-ecologies.