FG moves to cut wheat import, trains master bakers on 10per cent cassava flour for bread tribuneonlineng.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from tribuneonlineng.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Nigeria boasts of 34 million hectares of arable land area, with about 6.5 million hectares for permanent crops. Little wonder, Agriculture serves as the country’s main driver of the economy after oil. But despite the goodies in the sector, the country imported wheat worth N2.2 trillion in the last four years.
In Nigeria, the food industry is one of the largest sectors of the economy accounting for 21 percent of annual national GDP, with about 70 percent of the population involved in agricultural activities (Statista 2019).
Forex restriction: Nigeria spends $6 1bn yearly on wheat importation – WFAN guardian.ng - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from guardian.ng Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Forex restriction: WFAN hail CBN, says Nigeria spends $6 1bn annually importing wheat tribuneonlineng.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from tribuneonlineng.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.