We do like our booms. We fondly remember how we came upon sudden wealth in the 1970s. So when we talk about “agriculture being the next big thing”, we have visions of an agriculture boom catapulting us to instant wealth like during the 70s.

Reality check: it does not work that way.

Rudimentary subsistence farming is the quickest guaranteed way to long-term poverty (please ask “Okada riders” who leave their farms in millions to seek work in towns like Lagos, Port Harcourt etc.) Modern agriculture,

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