Tag: Annually
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Rice, wheat importation gulps N1trn annually — Emefiele
…says Nigeria can’t survive on importation of foreign goods The Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Mr Godwin Emefiele, said that importation of rice and wheat gulped over N1 trillion in foreign exchange annually. Emefiele said this on Thursday in Jibia, Katsina State, at the launch of CBN Anchor Borrowers Programme and 2016/2017…
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2bn people suffer malnutrition at $3.5trn cost annually – UN
The Director-General of the UN Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO), José da Silva, has said no fewer than two billion people representing one in three people on the planet suffer some form of malnutrition. Silva said this at a UN meeting on Thursday in Rome on ways to improve diets and ensure sustainable food systems,…