Nigeria earns only four percent of exports from agriculture despite 22 percent GDP share

•Bankers, governors call for shift to value addition NIGERIA’S agriculture sector contributes over 22 percent to Gross Domestic Product (GDP), but accounts for only 4.1 percent of merchandise exports. This disparity was highlighted by stakeholders at the fifth FirstBank Agric & Export Expo, in Lagos on Wednesday, who attributed the issue to short-term financing, raw […]

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