The largest contributor to Nigeria’s GDP, the agriculture sector accounted for a 40.1% share as of mid-2013, according to the National Bureau of Statistics. It is also the main source of employment in the country, responsible for more than 60% of jobs, as per figures from the International Fund for Agricultural Development. Increases in the amount of cultivated land have led to a rise in...
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Chapter | Agriculture from The Report: Nigeria 2013
Chapter | Agriculture from The Report: Algeria 2013
Although Algeria has historically relied heavily on food imports to meet domestic demand, the agriculture sector has seen considerable growth since the 2008 introduction of the Agricultural and Rural Renewal Policy. Under the policy, production has grown by an average of 13.8% per year, with total output reaching $29.3bn in 2012. Despite this growth, however, food imports still accounted for 19%...
As the single most populous nation in Africa, Nigeria recently overtook South Africa as the largest economy on the continent. Natural resources, oil and gas in particular, comprise the country’s single largest revenue-earner but the 170m person economy also has seen significant activity in recent years into the industrial, financial, telecoms and – as of 2013 – power sectors.
Considerable oil and gas revenues have provided the Algerian government with sufficient funds to embark on generous public spending programmes in nearly all sectors, leading to improvements in many of the country’s headline indicators.
Articles & Analysis | Sand to soil: Encouraging the transition to sustainable production from The Report: Egypt 2013
Agriculture is one of the most important sectors of the Egyptian economy, directly accounting for approaching one third of employment and providing income for over half of the population. The sector benefits from plentiful water from the Nile (though elsewhere water is scarce), along the banks of which most agricultural activity takes place, as well...
Articles & Analysis | Going it alone: Becoming less dependent on cereal imports from The Report: Egypt 2013
By regional standards, Egypt has a high degree of self-sufficiency in food, including in cereals, but its import requirements are still high, with the country ranking as the world’s largest importer of wheat, due to the heavy consumption of subsidised bread by poorer Egyptians. This reliance is becoming especially problematic as a result of...