The Minister of Agriculture and Food Security, Alhaji Abubakar Kyari, said on Saturday the Federal Government was working towards increasing Nigeria’s coconut production level to 500,000 Metric Tonnes (MT) by 2025.
He stated this at the 2023 10th International Coconut Festival AGUNFEST in Badagry, Lagos.
The minister, who was represented at the event by the ministry coordinator in Lagos, Mrs. Abimbola Oguntuyi, said Nigeria with its current production level of 224,186 MT is ranked 19th in the world among coconut-producing countries.
