Nigeria’s agricultural sector grew by 2.28 per cent in real terms in Q1 2021 compared to a growth of 3.42 and 2.20 per cent in Q4 2020 and Q1 2020 respectively, the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) has revealed.
This was disclosed in the Q1 2021 GDP report the NBS released on Sunday.
According to the report, real GDP grew 0.51 per cent in Q1 2021 compared to 0.11 in Q4 2020.
NBS added that crop production under agric real GDP grew by 2.31 compared to 3.68 per cent in Q4 2020 and 2.38 in Q1 2021.
Livestock under agric real GDP grew by 1.65 compared to 2.38 in Q4 2020 and 0.63 per cent in Q1 2020.
It added that fishing under agric real GDP grew by 3.24 per cent compared to -3.60 per cent in Q4 2020 and 1.49 in Q1 2020.
The report disclosed that forestry under agric real GDP grew by 1.28 per cent compared to 1.24 in Q4 2020 and 1.71 in Q1 2020.
The 2020 agric GDP grew by 2.17 per cent compared to the 2.36 recorded in 2019.
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