Abstract

Crop production in Nigeria is the main food supplier in the country despite the fact that the industry's output has been increasing, it is still lagging behind the demand from the country's rapidly growing population. Thus, national agricultural producers are unable to supply the population with food. This paper identifies a number of factors in the development of the industry that are responsible for the inability of Nigeria to provide itself food with required demand. The most significant factors are the lack of financing for farmers and insufficient access to the information on agricultural innovations. However, the proliferation of information through mobile phones in the country may facilitate the information to the farming sector rapidly but, on the condition that they are connected to a single network, which would integrate and streamline all relevant information on markets, products and services.