Nigeria, Aug. 27 -- Nigeria's agricultural sector contributed 23.78 per cent to the country's overall Gross Domestic Product (GDP) in the second quarter of 2021, the Nigerian Bureau of Statistics (NBS) has said.

The figure is lower than the contribution in the second quarter of 2020 which stood at 24.65 per cent but higher than the first quarter of 2021 which recorded 22.35 per cent.

This was disclosed in the NBS GDP report Q2 2021 published Thursday.

The report noted that four sub-activities make up the country's agricultural sector: crop production, livestock, forestry and fishing.

It stated that the sector grew by 6.36 per cent year-on-year in nominal terms in Q2 2021, indicating a fall of -13.54 per cent points from the same quart...