Smallholder farmers constitute 80 per cent of all farm holdings in Nigeria report; as their production system is inefficient and there is regular shortfall in national domestic production – Expert.
Thursday, July 14, 2011
Nigerian small holder farmers constitute 80% of all farm holdings
Expert laments unexplored landmass in Nigeria
Expert has said that Nigeria has a land area of 98.3million hectare; 74 million hectare is good for farming; but less than half is being explored.
An agriculturist, in a recent paper ‘Nigeria’s Agriculture and Food Security Challenges’ said that the population involved in farming is between 60 and 70 per cent.
Also, the expert said agriculture’s contribution to the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) is about 41.5 per cent, while the output of food per capita is among the least in Sub Sahara Africa (SSA).
This is in addition to crops, livestock and fish having potentials for providing food and nutrition in the region. Read more
Nigeria: 70% population depends on agriculture
Agriculture in Nigeria is known as major source of economy for Nigeria since the time immemorial. It has been providing employment for about 70 per cent of the population who lives in the rural areas.
Reports have it that the sector in Nigeria has witnesses some transformation, especially through commercialization of small, medium and large-scale enterprise (SMEs).
Some of the key crops in Nigeria consist of beans, cashew nuts, sesame, cocoa beans, cassava, gum Arabic, kola nut, maize/corn, groundnuts, melon, palm kernels, millet, palm oil, plantains, rice, rubber, yams, sorghum and soybeans to name a few. Read more
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