Providing employment for a large section of the population, agriculture remains a major source of economic activity in Nigeria. Nigeria produced 242, 000 tonnes of cocoa in 2008. The National Cocoa Development Committee (NCDC), made up of the 14 cocoa producing states in the country, has distributed […]
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Nigerian agriculture is characterized by considerable regional and crop diversity. Analysis of this sector, particularly the food sub-sector, is fraught with serious data problems. However, the available statistics provide a broad overview of development in agriculture upon which we can make some broad generalizations about its role […]
Read more →Gum arabic is a leguminous tree species that is well adapted to sudan and sahalian agro-ecology of Africa. There are over 300 species in this family. Notable among them is Acacia senegal because it produces grade 1 quality gum . Its distribution is localized in Africa. The […]
Read more →Providing employment for a large section of the population, agriculture remains a major source of economic activity in Nigeria. In Nigeria, agriculture has remained the largest sector of the economy. It generates employment for about 70% of Nigeria’s population and contributes about 40% to the Gross Domestic […]
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