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 →Agriculture, Agro – Processing, Forestry And Fishing
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 […]
Read more →Cassava (Manihort Esculentus (Euphorbiacea)) is grown in all the states of the Federation with the current production level being about 45 million metric tones per annum; a figure expected to double by 2020. Nigeria is the leading cassava producer in the world, producing a third more than […]
Read more →Though much of the countries revenue is earned through royalty from oil and gas production, it is widely agreed that Agriculture has the potential of been the bedrock of the Nigerian economy, because of the abundance of good arable land, good climatic condition and cheap labour. However, […]
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