African wheat producing countries

NIGERIA

Basic statistics

Institutes

Agro-ecological zones

Map of agro-ecological zones

Varieties

Average	1980	1985	1990	1995	2000
Population (1000)	65 561	75 805	87 031	98 952	111 506
Arable land (1000 ha)	27 850	28 500	29 539	30 371	28 200 (1999)
Irrigated land (1000 ha)	200	200	230	235	223 (1999)
Agricultural tractors (No.)	9 000	18 000	23 000	28 500	30 000
Harvesters (No.)	-	-	-	-	-

WHEAT	1980	1985	1990	1995	2000
Production (tons)	24 000	113 000	50 000	43 600	101 000
Harvested area (ha)	10 000	55 000	60 000	20 000	50 200
Yield (kg/ha)	2 400	2 054	833	2 180	2 012
Import (tons)	1 100 000	1 433 236	30 000	608 609	2 219 708
Export (tons)	-	-	-	31 451	46 757 (1999)
Consumption (kg/per/yr)	17.8	19.9	3.4	6.6	19.5