soyabeans-profile

Production

• Soyabeans were introduced to Nigeria in 1908; The first export was in 1947.
• Improving quality and increasing yields
• 17 Producing States.
• Smallholders and commercial farmers.
• The crop is well- suited for Nigeria
• Soybean crop farming is spread equally between north and middle belt region.
• Nigeria’s soyabeans production is rising steadily spurred by favourable grower prices and high demand.

Trends

• Nigeria farmers through FMARD are making efforts at increasing production.
• Development of improved soybean varieties
• Soyabeans have an average protein content of 40%. It is more protein rich than any of the common vegetable or animal food sources found in Nigeria
• The Government supports the soyabean sector.

Did you know?

• Nigeria’s soya beans sector has an advantage of being a country that only allows the farming of Non-genetically modified organisms (non-GMO) which have a niche demand in global market.

• In Nigeria the crop can be grown successfully even with the use of low agricultural inputs.

• Nigeria’s demand for soya bean will keep growing at a brisk pace. It is estimated that the domestic soybean requirement will grow to 3,000-3,500 TMT by 2040.

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