Concetti Chiave
- Nigeria cultivates a variety of cereals, including maize, millet, and rice, which are produced in various states across the country.
- Pulses such as cowpea, groundnuts, and soybeans are primarily grown in northern states like Benue.
- Key tuber crops include potatoes, yam, and cassava, widely produced in states like Anambra and Delta.
- Vegetables such as tomatoes, spinach, and onions are cultivated nationwide, with onions prevalent in the north.
- Fruits like citrus, banana, and mango are grown in diverse regions, contributing to Nigeria's rich agricultural landscape.
Nigeria - Food grown
Different types of food are grown in Nigeria. These foods can be carefully planned, selected and prepared in order to provide balanced meals for family members. The foods can be grouped as it follows:
• Cereals or grains: these include maize, millet, wheat, guinea corn or sorghum, rice. These are produced in many states as well.
• Pulses: these include cowpea, groundnuts, Bambara nuts, soybeans, different varieties is beans.
• Tubers: these include potatoes, yam, cassava etc. They are produced in many states like Anambra, Delta, Edo, Imo, Enugu etc.
• Vegetables: these include vegetables such as tomatoes and okro, leafy vegetables like spinach, bitterleaf, waterleaf, onions, etc. These are grown in almost all parts of the country. Onions are common ok the northern parts.
• Fruits: these include citrus fruits like sweet orange, tangerine, lemon. Other nigerian fruits are banana, mango, pineapple, pawpaw, cashew, sour-sop, etc. different types of fruits are grown in different parts of the country.
• Economic tress: that produce food in Nigeria include Palm tree of different kinds, cocoa, Lola nut trees, tea, coffee.
• Livestock: different types is livestock are also produced in Nigeria. They serve as sources of protein and include poultry, goats, sheep, rabbits, pigs, cattle, etc.
Sheep and cattle are commonly grown in the northern parts of the country.
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