This is from the British American Tobacco company website:

http://www.batnigeria.com/group/sites/BAT_7YKM7R.nsf/vwPagesWebLive/DO7YKMWT?opendocument

Tobacco’s economic contribution

In Oyo state, South West Nigeria, tobacco is the most widely cultivated cash crop. With the establishment of the state-of-the-art factory in Ibadan, we currently have about 850 registered independent farmers with whom we have a contract. This has undoubtedly brought improvements to their economic status, the lives of their families and dependants and to their communities.

Through growing tobacco, employment is created for tobacco leaf farmers, farm workers and Nigerian graduates. The expertise acquired in tobacco production is applied on follow-up food crop production leading to relatively higher productivity by tobacco farmers than the average rural grower.

Good yield for the leaf farmers invariably means good sales which lead to an increase in the farmers’ cash flow. The income generated is invested in other business areas to generate more income, educating their children and supporting their families.

All growers are committed to establishing 100 stands of trees each per year for five years to supplement the existing central plantation of 1.2 million trees.

British American Tobacco Nigeria also contributes to the Nigerian economy through the payment of taxes to the Nigerian government. We have paid over N100 billion in taxes to the Government since 2002. Over 300,000 people derive some form of income from the legal tobacco business

Excerpts from Nwafejoku Okolie Uwadibie's "Decentralization and Economic Development in Nigeria: Agricultural policies"

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Oyo is viable in all Cash crop production and specializes in tropical crops such as rubber, cocoa, cashew nuts, and tams. Oyo has been a primary producer of cash crops such as rubber, cocoa, and cashew nuts both before and after independence in 1960. It is partly for this reason that the International Institute for Tropical Agriculture (IITA) is located near the boundaries of Oyo and Ogun states.
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menabadoo:
you forgot to add ewedu institute.

No it should be Ugwu Institute. Platform -like this is meant to inform knowledge seeking individuals. Dont turn this site to a wishy washy domain for irrational minds

Udmaster:

FALSE FACTS! Abia State is well known for Cassava, Rubber (from the plantation at Bende LGA) Cerals and Palm Oil exploits thats why FG established a University of Agriculture, Root crop research institute at umudike and a Ceral crop research institute at Amakama.
Ebonyi is well known for Rice production(abakiliki rice) and many agro foods;
and many more.

revenue not local consumption. how many palm oyel unu de sell, rubber nko. d rice sef we no see.unu just de waste potential de go for south east

Omololu007:
pls show me a source,or show us d person dat said south west produces 80perc of agricultural stuff u r talkin about

Abi o

Flyoruboy:
This is from the British American Tobacco company website:

God bless SW.