One of the biggest challenges for entrepreneurs and business owners is finding funds to grow their businesses. Agribusinesses are not exempted from this category.

Agriculture, being the mainstay of the Nigerian economy before the advent of crude oil, sustains other sectors and provides basic needs for the nation through its provision of raw materials for other industries, clothing, shelter, food for the nation among others.

The pandemic and lockdown is an eye-opener for nations to be self-reliant especially in growing their own food with little need for import of food and other necessities which could be produced locally.

For the nation to thrive therefore, more funds and support are required for this sector. There have been several intervention programmes in the past to resuscitate the Nigerian agricultural sector such as the Green Revolution Programme, Operation Feed the Nation and so on but these appeared to be ineffective as they did not achieve their aim in the long run.

This presentation, therefore, addresses the funding opportunities available for small and large scale agribusinesses and how they can thrive amidst the storm of the coronavirus pandemic in order to sustain the economy.

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