Wheat imports estimated to be 4.1 million tons in 2016-17
Former biggest producer Borno state now producing no wheat
Wheat growers in Nigeria’s northeast have abandoned their farms under the onslaught of the Boko Haram Islamist insurgency, a setback for the country’s efforts to cut impor
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