Since the fall in global crude oil price of 2016, Nigeria has attempted to diversify its economy away from oil. Agriculture became an option for diversification owing to its vast potentials to drive more sustainable economic growth in Africa’s most populous nation in terms of job creation and r
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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.

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