Agriculture remains the bedrock of Nigerian economy generating about 70% of employment and constituting over 40% of the Gross Domestic Product {GDP} of the country. The country has a land area of 98.3m hectares. At present about 34m hectares or 48% are under cultivation leaving a good […]
Read more →Agriculture, Agro – Processing, Forestry And Fishing
Agriculture remains the bedrock of Nigerian economy generating about 70% of employment and constituting over 40% of the Gross Domestic Product {GDP} of the country. The country has a land area of 98.3m hectares. At present about 34m hectares or 48% are under cultivation leaving a good […]
Read more →Any nation that wants to develop must look inwards to identify areas where it has comparative advantage over other nations and seek to develop the identified areas. Apart from hydrocarbon of which Nigeria is the sixth largest exporter of crude oil and has the second largest known […]
Read more →Cassava is the most important root crop in Nigeria. Apart from being a staple crop in both rural and urban household’s cassava is a major source of income to cassava farmers and processors in the rural areas. Cassava alone contributes about 45% of agricultural GDP in Nigeria […]
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