Prospects For Inward Investment In The Nigeria Agricultural Value Chain
The Nigerian agribusiness investment environment has its strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats as shown in the SWOT analysis below:- SWOT Analysis of Nigeria AgriBiz: Strengths Readily available/Competitive Labour Abundant Fertile Land Ample Water Resources Strong Government Support Weakness High Cost of Capital Security Challenges Weak Infrastructure Opportunities Import Substitution Export…
North East: A Marshall Plan Overdue
The war against Boko Haram has been going on for over 11 years now. The result of this prolonged conflict is loss of over 50,000 lives, displacement of over 3 million people, and destruction of infrastructure, businesses, loss of livelihoods etc. The North East region was already one of the poorest in the country even…
River Basins, Nigeria’s Forgotten Gold Mines
he President recently launched an ambitious programme of lifting 100 million Nigerians out of poverty. The revitalisation of the RBDA’s to their full potential provides the best and quickest way to attain this objective. Doing this will: (a) Boost production and national food security; (b) Create massive employment and grass root empowerment; (c) Provide Import…