Analysing Nigeria’s agric sector in Q2
By CNBC
06 September 2018 |
3:17 pm
Despite the slow growth in Nigeria’s GDP for the second quarter of the year, the agriculture sector grew by 1.19 per cent year on year making it a major contributor to the country’s non-oil sector. Emmanuel Ijewere, Chairman Best Foods joins CNBC Africa to discuss the trends in the sector.
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