Hughes Usman - Department of Crop and Environmental Protection, Federal University of Agriculture, P.M.B. ۲۳۷۳ Makurdi, Benue State, Nigeria

Data were obtained from the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) Abuja in February ۲۰۲۱ on pesticides imports into Nigeria to ascertain costs and quantity of pesticides that were used in agricultural and sundry activities in Nigeria from ۲۰۱۰ to ۲۰۲۰ to make an empirical analysis based on pesticide use in Nigeria, Africa and globally. The annual net weight of pesticides used in Nigeria was ۲۳,۴۱۲.۵ Mt, thus ranking Nigeria as the second largest pesticide user after South Africa. The total quantities of each of pesticide types; herbicides, insecticides, fungicides, soil fumigants and mosquito repellants over the ۱۱years periods were ۹۶۵,۵۵۸.۹۸, ۱۸۸,۱۳۲.۳۷, ۶۶, ۱۲۹.۶۲, ۶۷,۲۴۳.۹۷ and ۶۲۳.۵۶ metric tons respectively, while the mean annual tonnage of each of the pesticide types for the same periods were ۸۷,۷۷۸.۰۸, ۱۷,۱۰۲.۹, ۶,۰۱۱.۸, ۶,۱۱۳.۱ and ۵۶.۷ metric tons in that order. The quantities of pesticide types used over the periods represent ۷۴.۹۸ %, ۱۴.۶۱ %, ۵.۱۴ %, ۵.۲۲ % and ۰.۵ % herbicides, insecticides, fungicides, soil fumigants and mosquito repellant coils respectively. Nigeria spent about ۲۴۴ million US Dollars annually on pesticides, out of which ۷۴ %, ۱۶.۶ %, ۴.۷%, ۵.۰ % and ۰.۰۶ % were on herbicides, insecticides, fungicides, soil fumigants and mosquito repellant coils respectively. Therefore, it could be concluded that the essence of pesticide use in Nigeria is in agriculture.

Herbicide, Insecticide, Fungicide, Soil fumigant, Net weight