EXCLUSIVE: Nigeria’s decade-long wheat production so woeful 98% is imported
Nigeria s trade report shows wheat was the country s second most imported item in the second and third quarters of 2020. 3 min read
Nigeria’s wheat production has been so dismal that for a decade the country only managed to produce just about two per cent of all the wheat it consumed.
Data from the United States Department of Agriculture shows that between 2010 and 2020, as the consumption level of wheat rose, the country failed to grow more wheat, instead it closed the shortfall in supply by significantly importing more wheat.
On average, the country produced just 2.06 per cent of the total amount of wheat consumed during that period.
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Pula, a pan-africana leading agricultural technology company operating in Kenya, Nigeria and Zambia that develops and provides crops and livestock insurance last Friday scooped the continent’s InsurTech company of the year award during the 6th annual African Insurance Awards held in Lagos, Nigeria.
The Insurtech award which targets non-insurers collaborating with insurers to improve customer service delivery, product development and innovation was organised by the African Reinsurance Corporation (Africa Re).
The company was recognised for successfully managing over 4.3 million smallholder farmers through their Area Yield Index Insurance product. It provides insurance services and digital solutions to farmers in 12 countries in Africa, with Nigeria being the leading market for Pula.