Along many Nigerian highways and rural roads, long stretches of cassava, maize, rice, beans, pepper and melon seeds, among others lie openly under the sun. They think it is only from the farm, but many enter during drying and packing along the road.”It’s Also a Road Safety ProblemA commercial drivers, Mr. Ibrahim Lawal said roadside drying also endangers motorists. “If the government and NGOs provide simple raised platforms and training, roadside drying will reduce,” he said. Farmers Mrs. Aisha Mohammed and Lami Nakotsu responded, ” We were careless before. But without national commitment, roadside drying will remain Nigeria’s unofficial processing industry.