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Implementing these recommendations is vital for addressing the identified challenges, fostering sustainable development, and achieving effective resource allocation in both the Ministry of Agriculture and the broader budget of Jigawa state.
However, Nigeria, as a country, needs to produce 3.4 million metric tonnes of fish yearly to meet local demand, but at the moment, it has produced 1.2 million metric tonnes of fish. That is about a 1.4 metric tonnes target yet to be met.
Revealing the revenue or earnings alone does not tell the whole story. The reporter tried to identify cost components for Abakiliki rice farmers. Rice farmers who spoke with the reporter identified six to seven items worrying players in Ebonyi.
Dataphyte’s budget review revealed that Nigeria budgeted N341.570 billion for capital expenditure in the agriculture and rural development sector for 2023, the highest in five years.
Nigeria’s agricultural products exports made up only 2.67% of the total exports value for 2021 and this is the highest it has been for the last four years.
The forestry sector in Nigeria has failed to live up to the expectation of the 2006 forestry policy.
The usage of fertiliser is related to crop growth, fertiliser speeds up the growth process and enables higher production. Agriculture currently accounts for 20% of Nigeria’s total GDP and has the capacity of becoming the leading source of income in Nigeria. Low usage of fertiliser is one of the major problems of the agricultural sector.
Nigeria’s cocoa export dwindled in the last five years as the country’s export value of the product remained at its all time low over the past five years.
The prevalence of severe food insecurity in Nigeria has been on a steady increase as the number of people affected rose from 11.9Million for 2014-2016 to 43 Million for 2018-2020 period.
At the launch of the rice pyramid yesterday, at Abuja, the Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Godwin Emefiele disclosed that 2,160 metric tonnes of rice was imported into the country in 2021.
This is not the first time members of the Buhari Administration have “prophesied” about the country’s rice production and export.
In his first media appearance of the year, President Buhari reiterated his long-held belief that Nigerians must return to farming in order to address economic challenges. As Buhari-like as this statement may be, the sector’s high growth and export potential make it a viable support mechanism for Nigeria’s macroeconomic and non-oil growth. For example, between January and March 2021, Agriculture contributions made up 22.35 per cent of total GDP.
Rice production in Nigeria has surpassed 5 million tonnes yearly since 2016. In spite of this, only 57 percent of the metric tons of rice consumed in Nigeria each year is produced locally, resulting in a 3 million metric tons deficit that is either imported or smuggled into the country illegally. This is despite the government’s ban on rice imports, which has been in effect since 2019.
Nigeria has the highest annual egg production and the second-largest chicken population in Africa, according to the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO). The southern region of Nigeria contributes 57 per cent of total local production, making it the region that contributes the most to Nigerian poultry production.
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The House of Representative Committee on Agricultural Productivity and Services has called for a public hearing of a Bill for the establishment of a Nigerian Pesticide Council. This was disclosed in a press release by Alliance for Action on Pesticide (AAPN), a group of civil society organizations working in the agriculture sector.
