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WHY AGRO-ALLIED VALUE CHAIN?       

Agricultural and agro allied products used to be Nigeria’s major source of foreign exchange before the commercial discovery of crude oil which. Later became a major commodity resulting in a mono economy.
Until lately, the opportunity to tap into agriculture to reduce Poverty was not taken seriously till the drop in oil price, which brought the value of our local currency crashing.
History shows that different rates of poverty reduction over the Past 40yrs have been closely related to differences in agricultural performance, particularly the rate of growth of agricultural productivity. Therefore the recent crave for diversification of economy into agriculture is one of the greatest opportunities we must all buy into to salvage our ourselves, our children and our nation, by promoting farming and the export of agro-allied products to drive revenue and increase our foreign reserve.
Agriculture now leads the country’s economic recovery, bouncing back to contribute 42% of the GDP by 2009, 40.19% in 2011, and 39.02% in 2012, 37.92% in 2013, while 36.79% by 2014, 35.75% in 2015 and 34.74% in 2016 also 33.86% by 2017

EXPECTATION

AGRIC OPPORTUNITIES FOR YOUTHS in urban areas:

v  Vertical Sack farming.
v  Mushroom production.
v  Snail farming.
v  Quail farming.
v  Fish farming.
v  Exotic vegetable production

AGRO-ALLIED SERVICE PROVIDER  OPPORTUNITIES.

v  ICT, Record keeping, Software for farms.