Is Nigeria Spending Too Much on Food Imports?
The country will stop importing wheat by 2016 as it turns to developing the agriculture sector at a time where the budget for importing food is reaching an all time high.
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Nigeria: Value of Nigeria's Agric Sector Projected to Hit U.S.$256 Billion
This Day, 12 June 2012
The Federal Government has revealed that the value of the nation's agricultural sector has been projected to hit about N256 billion by the year 2030. read more »
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Nigeria: U.S.$10 Billion Annual Food Importation Unacceptable - Envoy
Leadership, 14 June 2012
Dr Dalhatu, Tafida, Nigerian High Commissioner to UK on Thursday said it was unacceptable that the Nigeria spends more than 10 billion dollars annually on food importation. read more »
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Nigeria: U.S.$10 Billion Food Importation Unacceptable, Says Tafida
This Day, 15 June 2012
Nigeria's High Commissioner to the United Kingdom, Dr Dalhatu Tafida, Thursday said it was unacceptable that the Nigeria spends more than 10 billion dollars annually on food ... read more »
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Nigeria: 'Cassava Bread Will Reduce Cost of Importation'
Vanguard, 13 June 2012
The Association of Small Scale Agro Producers in Nigeria(ASSAPIN) said on Tuesday that the Federal Government initiative in substituting wheat flour with cassava flour in bread ... read more »
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Nigeria: Agriculture - 'North's Most Potent Tool for Poverty Eradication' (interview)
Daily Trust, 4 June 2012
As the current administration celebrates its one year in office, Chief Audu Ogbe, former Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and former Honorary Adviser on Agriculture ... read more »
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Nigeria: Giving Teeth to Agricultural Transformation (column)
Leadership, 1 June 2012
The inauguration of the Presidential Agricultural Transformation Implementation Council (PATIC) on May 14, 2012, by President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan has elicited joy among ... read more »
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Nigeria: Food Importers, Agents of Retrogression--Adesina
Daily Trust, 30 May 2012
Minister of Agriculture, Dr Akinwunmi Adesina has described food importers especially rice as agents of retrogression as they cripplle rice production in the country. read more »
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Nigeria: Country to Stop Wheat Importation By 2016 - Minister
Vanguard, 26 February 2012
Nigeria is working on plans to stop the importation of wheat by 2016, Minister of Water Resources , Mrs Sarah Ochekpe, has said. read more »
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Nigeria: FG to Save N635 Billion From Wheat Imports
The Moment, 27 February 2012
NIGERIA may save N635 billion from wheat imports going by the level of work by the Federal Government to ensure sufficient local production by 2016. read more »
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Nigeria: FG Loses U.S.$10bn Export Opportunities Annually - Agriculture Minister
Leadership, 22 February 2012
The Minister of Agriculture, Dr Akinwumi Adesina, says Nigeria has been losing about 10 billion dollars annually in export opportunities in the agriculture sector. read more »
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YES THE PROJECTION OF THE AGRICULTURAL SECTOR IS GOOD, BUT WHAT I WANT TO ASK IS, HOW EFFICIENT IS THIS POLICY THAT WILL ENABLE THE NIGERIA SECTOR TO MEET THAT TARGET? AND IN THIS POLITICAL INSTABILITY, HIGH LEVEL OF UNEMPLOYMENT, CURRENCY DEVALUATION, ECONOMIC INSTABILITY. WHICH POLICY THAT CAN HELP TO ACHIEVE THIS TARGET AND WHO ARE THE OPERATORS THANK YOU.