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Articles & Analysis | Nigerian demand for rice imports drives focus on domestic underproduction from The Report: Nigeria 2019
The UN Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) reports that Nigeria is Africa’s leading rice consumer and one of its largest rice producers. It describes rice as an “essential” cash crop for Nigeria, with small-scale farmers accounting for 80% of production but just 20% of consumption. Shifting consumption trends have seen domestic rice demand...
Articles & Analysis | Nigeria looks to agriculture sector to decrease oil dependency from The Report: Nigeria 2019
Long a critical sector for the Nigerian economy, agriculture recorded steady growth throughout the country’s recent recession and supported macroeconomic stability against a backdrop of volatility in the global oil market. Although the sector’s workforce, exports and GDP contribution have fallen in recent decades as oil and gas production...
Articles & Analysis | Precision farming to bolster global agriculture resiliency from The Report: Nigeria 2019
Against a backdrop of increasingly severe and financially straining climate events and natural disasters, technology is poised to play an important role in maintaining and improving global agricultural output. The adoption of digital and precision farming practices has been shown to improve crop resiliency, and boost productivity and incomes,...
Interviews & Viewpoints | Audu Ogbeh, Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development: Interview from The Report: Nigeria 2019
What steps can the Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (FMARD) take to increase self-sufficiency in food production?
Articles & Analysis | Chaim Zach, Managing Director and CEO, Agric International Technology and Trade; Kabiru Rabiu, Group Executive Director, BUA Group; and Aliyu Abbati Abdulhameed, Managing Director, Nigeria Incentive-Based Risk Sharing System for Agricultural Lending: Interview from The Report: Nigeria 2019
To what extent is the lack of data affecting policy-making and investment in agriculture?