Useful sources about Africa

A nationally representative survey that collected agricultural data from 5,000 households in Nigeria. It was done by the Nigerian General Household Survey (GHS) and implemented in collaboration with the World Bank Living Standards Measurement Study (LSMS) team. The findings of the report were implemented in 2015/16.

The National Survey of Agricultural Export Commodities provides data on exportable crops for policy makers, researchers and investors. The most recent survey was published in May 2013. The survey covered 14 crops including cashews, cassava and cocoa. It was jointly carried out by four federal agencies in Nigeria.

This survey by the Nigerian National Bureau of Statistics and the Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development provides useful demographic data such as the distribution of crop holders by gender and age as well as distribution of livestock farmers. It was published in May 2012.

Production figures for cotton, garlic, ginger, shea nuts and tea, viewable on the Nigerian Data Portal. The data is presented in an interactive timeline covering 2010 to 2011.

Published by the National Bureau of Statistics, the Quarterly Foreign Trade in Goods Statistics reports provide detailed information on the country's agricultural exports. 

 

A survey that collected baseline data for the Commercial Agriculture Development Project (CADP) in Nigeria. It was conducted in 2010 as a collaborative effort between the National Bureau of Statistics and the CADP, a World Bank investment programme in Nigeria. It is downloadable as a PDF.