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How low mechanisation hinders Nigeria’s agric potential (Business Day)

September 09, 2020


Business Day (Nigeria) published an article on how Low level of agricultural mechanisation on farms across the country has continued to limit the capacity of farmers to expand their cultivation areas, perform timely farming operations, and achieve economies of scale in food production. 

In Nigeria, a significantly higher proportion of the farming area is still cultivated by hand tools. An IFPRI Brief, Mechanization in Nigeria: What needs to be done to stimulate demand and support market growth?) that Nigeria is still at the early stage of agricultural mechanisation. (Reach 202K) 

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