LIST OF REASONS

Over the past few years, Nigeria’s agricultural sector has been grappling with severe challenges that have led to a marked decline in crop production. Agricultural productivity in Nigeria  faces harsh climatic conditions, suffers crude farm tools, and among other things bears poor access to credit. Between the first quarter of 2020 and the first quarter of 2022, crop production in Nigeria fell by an astonishing 47.2%, a decline that has significant repercussions for the national economy and the everyday lives of its people. Crop production, which is the largest sub-sector within agriculture, currently contributes a remarkable 92.05% to the nominal growth of Nigeria’s GDP for the first quarter of 2022. This startling statistic underscores the critical role that agriculture plays in the nation’s economic framework, as well as the urgent need to address the myriad factors that have undermined agricultural productivity across the country. One of the primary reasons for the ...