博客來Plant Health and the Future of Nigeria
How Healthy Crops Can Drive Food Security, Wealth, and National Development
Nigeria loses millions of tons of food every year to preventable plant pests and diseases-fueling food inflation, farmer poverty, import dependence, and national instability. These losses are often dismissed as routine agricultural problems. In reality, they represent a systemic development failure with national consequences.
In Plant Health and the Future of Nigeria, Prof. Sylvester O. Aigbe explains why protecting crops is one of the fastest, most affordable, and most sustainable pathways to national transformation. Drawing on rigorous plant science, development economics, and Nigerian case studies, the book reveals how weak plant health systems undermine food security, agro-industrial growth, trade competitiveness, and economic stability-and how strengthening them can reverse these trends.
Inside this book, you will discover:✔ Why Nigeria loses 30-60% of some crops every year
✔ How crop failure fuels poverty, inflation, and insecurity
✔ Why plant health must be treated as national infrastructure, not a technical afterthought
✔ Practical, evidence-based reforms for government, universities, and the private sector
✔ A clear roadmap for building resilient national plant health systems
Clear, authoritative, and policy-relevant, this book is written for policymakers, academics, development practitioners, and informed citizens who are serious about Nigeria’s food security, economic resilience, and long-term future.
