EVALUATING FOREIGN AGRO INVESTMENT INFLOWS’ IMPACT ON NIGERIA’S ECONOMY

The fundamental roles agricultural sector is expected to play in the nation’s national development have continued to be undermined by sundry challenges, thereby causing serious distortions in the economy.. As the new drive towards diversification of the economy gathers greater momentum, experts believe that if the current interest of foreign investors in the sector is properly harnessed through appropriate policy measures, the road to Nigeria’s sustained and balanced socio-economic development may have been charted. ABOLAJI ADEBAYO reports