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In the fourth quarter of 2022 ‘superior quality cocoa beans’ had the highest export value in Nigeria at N74.65 billion, followed by ‘sesame seeds,’ with N38.56 billion and ‘standard quality cocoa beans’ with N14.16 billion. The main agricultural products imported in the fourth quarter...

Agriculture contributed 19.63% to nominal GDP in the first quarter of 2023. This figure was lower than the share recorded in the first quarter of 2022 and in the fourth quarter of 2022 which were 21.09% and 24.90% respectively. However, the sector contributed 21.66% of total GDP in real terms in the...

High-quality cocoa beans are Nigeria's largest agricultural export. The crop accounted for N74.65 billion of total agricultural exports in the fourth quarter of 2022. ...

The total cereal production was 1,984,000 tonnes in 2022, which is 4.1% below the five-year average. ...

According to the World Bank, the agricultural area (as a percentage of the land area) in Kenya was reported to be 48.55% in 2020. ...

In 2022, cut flowers had the largest recorded marketed agricultural production in Kenya at KSh 103.5 billion, followed by tea at KSh 156.7 billion and cattle and calves at KSh 84.7 billion. ...

Somalia. According to the World Bank, agriculture made up 62.7% of the country's GDP in 2021. ...

Wheat production fell by 13% from 349,000 tonnes in 2021 to 271,000 tonnes in 2022, according to the Economic Survey 2023. The country consumed 2.1 million tonnes of wheat as food. A total of 11 tonnes were used as seed and 122 tonnes had “other” uses. Another 40 tonnes were lost. ...

Farming is key to the majority of African economies and accounts for at least 17% of sub-Saharan Africa's GDP. ...