Nigeria: Buhari Flags Off First Commercial Wheat Farming in Nigeria

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Nigeria: Buhari Flags Off First Commercial Wheat Farming in Nigeria

[Daily Trust] Jos -- President Muhammadu Buhari, on Tuesday, flagged off the first-ever rain-fed commercial wheat cultivation in Nigeria, calling on Nigerian farmers to embrace wheat farming and stop the importation of the product which gulps over two billion dollars annually.

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