With inflation destroying the lives of the common man in Nigeria, pushing the price of basic foodstuffs beyond the reach of the working class, it is time to split our agriculture ministry into two

Ayo Akinfe

Cash crops

[1] Oil palm

[2] Cocoa

[3] Groundnuts

[4] Cotton

[5] Jute

[6] Rubber

[7] Coconuts

[8] Shea nuts

[9] Cashews

[10] Neem

Food crops

[1] Cassava

[2] Yam

[3] Vegetables

[4] Fruit

[5] Tomatoes

[6] Pepper

[7] Maize

[8] Sorghum

[9] Millet

[10] Rice

Cash crop production should be to generate foreign exchange and to support local manufacturing, while food crop production should be to provide food security. Our 36 state ministries of agriculture should be structured along similar lines.

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