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Financing Agriculture For Sustainable Economic Development, Grace Ofure Evbuomwan
Financing Agriculture For Sustainable Economic Development, Grace Ofure Evbuomwan
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Nigeria's agriculture is diverse. presenting various opportunities. lt includes four sub-sectors, namely; crop, livestock, fishery and forestry. The crop sub-sector accounts for about 90.0 per cent of agricultural production in Nigeria, followed by the livestock sub-sector which contributes about 7.0 per cent. Fishing activities contribute about 2.0 per cent and forestry activities account for about 1.0 per cent. However, Nigeria remains a food-deficit country blessed as it is with abundant agro-ecological resources and diversity. As reported by the Food and Agricultural Organization of the United Nations (FAO), the number of people undernourished has been on the increase, from 8.7 per …
Overview Of Development Financing: The Case Of Central Bank Of Nigeria, M. A. Olaitan
Overview Of Development Financing: The Case Of Central Bank Of Nigeria, M. A. Olaitan
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This study highlighted the functions of Central Bank under development finance and economic development, and it also went further to state the mandate of the development finance Department which is the development and implementation of policies, programmes and schemes aimed at the effective, efficient and sustainable delivery of financial services to the real sector of the Nigerian economy. The objective of the mandate are to increase the flow of financial resources to the real sector, create wealth and jobs, reduce poverty and so on.