VANGUARD ECONOMIC DISCOURSE: How Nigeria can reverse N2.5trn Agric export deficit — Gadain

Nigeria faces a N2.5 trillion agricultural trade deficit and rising food insecurity, prompting calls to shift from raw commodity exports to value‑added processing. Experts urge investment in processing facilities and export competitiveness to cut import dependence, create jobs and boost the country’s food security.

•Pushes value addition, warns on import dependence  •Calls for investment in processing, export competitiveness By Our Business Reporters At the backdrop of food insecurity threatening the vast majority of Nigerians, its agricultural trade deficit is estimated at N2.5 trillion, and expert’s position is that the country must urgently shift from raw agricultural exports to value addition and […] The post VANGUARD ECONOMIC DISCOURSE: How Nigeria can reverse N2.5trn Agric export deficit — Gadain appeared first on Vanguard News.