05 Dec 2011Nigeria has the population, vast arable land and a friendly climate for agricultural activities to flourish, but lacks the zeal and capacity to utilise its natural potentials writes Malachy Agbo
Following the recent release by the National Population Commission that Nigeria has over 167 million people to feed daily, with an expansive landmass covering 923.771 square kilometres, an estimated arable land mass of about 68 million hectares, abundance of natural forest and rangeland covering 37 million hectares, Nigeria is expected to be the food basket of sub-Saharan Africa.
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