Facts in Q&A format

According to the World Bank, Sierra Leone relies most heavily on agriculture, which made up 54.3% of the country's GDP in 2019. ...

Zimbabwe experienced adverse weather conditions during the 2018/19 cropping season (October-June), including extreme rainfall deficits and the impact of Cyclone Idai. The combined effect of these events caused a steep decline in the area harvested and lowered yields, resulting in a maize output of a...

Sesame seeds (broken or unbroken) have the highest export and import value in Nigeria. The country exported sesame seeds valued at N15.56 billion in the third quarter of 2020. ...

In the second quarter of 2020 agriculture contributed 23.92% to Nigeria’s nominal GDP and 24.65% to Nigeria's real GDP when adjusted for inflation. ...

Farming is key for the majority of African economies and accounts for at least 15% of the region’s GDP. ...

Raw cocoa beans are Nigeria's largest agricultural export commodity. The crop accounts for N17,913.28 of total agricultural exports as at Q2, 2020. ...

While Nigeria has banned the importation of rice through its land borders, the country still imports rice via its shipping ports in order to meet local demand....

In 2019, the growing of crops, animal production and support activities to agriculture contributed KSh3.15 trillion (32.4% of nominal GDP). If fishing and aquaculture as well as forestry and logging are included, the agriculture, forestry and fishing industry contributed a total of KSh3.33 trilli...

In 2019, cattle and calves had the largest recorded marketed agricultural production in Kenya at KSh107.35 billion, followed by cut flowers at KSh104.14 billion and tea at KSh104.07 billion. ...