credit: https://nairametrics.com Nigeria’s agricultural export rose to N152.3 billion in the first six months of 2019 (January – June). This is reflected in the foreign trade reports released by the National Bureau Statistics (NBS) covering the first and second quarter of 2019. According to the reports, Nigeria’s major agricultural exports so far in 2019 include Sesamum seeds (whether …

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Credit: https://www.dailytrust.com.ng/ Nigeria’s agricultural exports to other countries increased by 77 per cent in 2018 due to intensified efforts at diversifying the economy, according the Minister of Agriculture, Chief Audu Ogbe. He said this at the “2019 NAPRI Open Day” organised by the National Animal Production Research Institute (NAPRI) held in the institute at Shika, …

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Credit: www.export.gov The federal government of Nigeria has prioritised agricultural development under its Economic Recovery and Growth Plan, which seeks to create new jobs in labour-intensive sectors including agriculture, boost agriculture’s GDP contribution to more than 8% by 2020, up from current levels of between 3% and 4% annually, and make the country a net …

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