Nigeria Has 40.2m Agriculture Households

Nigeria has about 40.2 million agricultural households, the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) has said.

This was made known on Monday at the unveiling of the National Agricultural Sample Census (NASC) 2022 in Abuja.

The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the census was conducted by the NBS in partnership with the World Bank, the Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Food Security, and the Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations.

The report revealed that out of the 91 per cent of agricultural households that cultivated crops, 35 per cent practiced only crop cultivation, while 48 per cent reported raising any type of livestock.

It showed that 16 per cent of the households raised 58 million cattle, while 41.2 per cent raised about 124 million goats.