Farmers need mechanisation, irrigation, innovation, and a single-digit interest rate to drive growth in the sector in 2023.
According to them, the sector cannot change the fortunes of Nigeria's economy with attendant exponential gains by way of earnings, employment, food provision, and other spin
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Josephine Okojie-Okeiyi
Josephine Okojie-Okeiyi is a journalist with over five years’ reporting experience. She writes on industry, agriculture, commodities, climate change, and environmental issues.
She is fellow of Thomson Reuters Foundation and Bloomberg Media Initiative for Africa.
