| Benue State is blessed with abundant agricultural resources. About eighty
(80) percent of teh total population drive their livelihood from agriculture. Major crops produced in the state include yam,
cassava, rice, maize, sorghum, soya bean, beniseed, ground-nut. Others are sugar cane, sweet potato, ginger, millet
and beans. The State also produces large quantities of tree crops such as oil palm, cashew, coconut, oranges, banana,
plantain, coffee and colanut. Vegetables which include tomatoes, pepper, pumpkin, okro, spinach and
pineapples are also produced in abundance.
Benue State also possesses a great deal of livestock resources, which
include goats, sheep, pigs, poultry and cattle. The state also has potential for fisheries development
owing to its vast fresh water resources made up of inland lakes, River Benue and River Katsina-Ala and
their tributaries. The River Benue is the second largest river in Nigeria.
The abundant agricultural potential of the state has created opportunities for
investment in areas which include the following:
- Large scale mechanized farming
- Post harvest processing and packaging of agricultural produce for local and external markets.
- Vegetable oil processing
- Sugar processing industry
- Livestock farming, meat processing and marketing
- Fruit juice production
- Starch and glue production
- Livestock/animal feeds production
- production of organic and inorganic fertilizers.
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