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How does Nigeria’s geography affect their agriculture?

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How does Nigeria’s geography affect their agriculture?

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What type of crops are best grown in Nigeria?

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What type of crops are best grown in Nigeria?

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Agriculture is still today the most important component of the country's economy. The agricultural sector is the largest employer in the country and accounts for 23.9% of GDP.

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This video explains the physical geography, including its crops, animals, and land.

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North

Sorghum

Millet

Cowpeas

Corn

Groundnuts

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In the precolonial period the nation had normally produced enough agricultural commodities to feed its population, and it even maintained a reputation for export.

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South

Yams

Cassava

Taro

Oil-Palm, cacao, and rubber trees

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Another major crop grown in Nigeria is yams. Yams are so popular in this country that a yam festival is held every year in the beginning of August.

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One of the major crops grown in Nigeria is beans. There’s even a special dish of beans in the country named Nigerian beans which is fried beans and other crops like yams, plantains, etc.

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How does agriculture influence and effect Nigeria’s economy?

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How does agriculture influence and effect Nigeria’s economy?

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Because of where Nigeria is located it has a rainy and dry seasons .
It is hot and wet most of the year in the southeast and it is dry in the southwest. This limits what can be grown in certain places of Nigeria.