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The National Bureau of Statistics, NBS, has declared Ebonyi, Jigawa and Benue States as the most farming States in the country.

According to the Bureau, the three States have the highest percentage of crop, livestock and poultry agricultural farming households, respectively.

This was contained in the report on the National Agricultural Sample Census Report, 2022 by the National Bureau of Statistics.

According to the report, agricultural households in Nigeria stood at 40.2 million.

It stated that Ebonyi State had the highest number with 99.5 per cent of agricultural households in Crop Cultivation. While Lagos State (48 per cent) recorded the least.

The report maintained that the highest percentage of agricultural households engaged in Livestock Production was recorded in Jigawa State. The State scored 84.2 per cent followed by Bauchi State with 79.7 per cent.

For Poultry, the highest percentage of agricultural households was recorded in Benue State. The Middlebelt state has 65.2 per cent. Benue is closely followed by Ebonyi State with 63.3 per cent.

According to the report, the last time Nigeria conducted census on its agricultural farming households was in 1993/1994.

 

 

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