When the harvest smiles but Nigerian farmers do not, by Lawal Dahiru Mamman Nigeria has always been an interesting case study. Over the last two years, citizens have lived through austerity. Government officials, whenever handed the microphone, have often likened the experience to that of a child who must first endure the prick of a needle before receiving the protection of a vaccine. At the macro level, things appear to be taking shape. The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) recently reported the highest Net Foreign Exchange Reserve (NFER) in over three...