Nigeria’s Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Food Security (FMAFS) has unveiled a comprehensive 10-Year Agrifood System Strategy and Action Plan that would be submitted to the Federal Executive Council FEC, for approval.
The strategy is part of efforts to align Nigeria’s food security agenda with the African Union’s CAADP Kampala Declaration (2026–2035) as well as revolutionising the agricultural ecosystem.
The Minister of Agriculture and Food Security, Senator Abubakar Kyari, made this known during the Agrifood System Working Group Meeting held in Abuja, Nigeria.
Senator Kyari revealed the directive that came from President Bola Ahmed Tinubu with a clear charge to move “beyond rhetoric, beyond pilot projects, and beyond fragmented interventions” and deliver a coherent, bankable, and implementable plan to transform Nigeria’s agrifood system, saying that food security is a national security imperative.
He said that “Governance is not merely one of six strategic objectives of the Kampala Declaration; it is the bedrock upon which all other pillars, sustainable production, investment, food security, inclusivity and resilience must stand.”
He noted that the Strategy was developed following extensive stakeholder consultations and validations across all six geopolitical zones and at the national level to ensure broad participation, inclusivity, and national ownership.
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According to the Minister, “Nigeria, as a dedicated Member State, is fully pledged to the Kampala Declaration adopted in Uganda in January 2025.
“Key targets include achieving a 2.45 per cent increase in agrifood output, tripling intra-African trade, reducing post-harvest losses by 50 per cent, mobilising $100 billion in public and private investment and reinvesting at least 15 per cent of agrifood GDP annually.”
Senator Kyari disclosed that the Strategy and Action Plan will be presented for adoption by the Working Group and subsequently forwarded to the Federal Executive Council for approval.
This, he said, will ensure every Ministry, Department, and Agency aligns programmes and budgets with the unified vision.
Highlighting milestones under the Renewed Hope Agenda, the Minister highlighted that the administration has distributed over 10 million bags of fertiliser alongside a Guaranteed Price Model for 2 million smallholder farmers, adding that an additional 1.9 million bags of fertiliser have also been distributed to over one million farmers.
Other achievements he said, include the distribution of over half a million bags of free fertiliser to over 120,000 farmers across 25 States and the FCT by NADF.
“Establishment of the Special Agro-Industrial Processing Zones (SAPZs), government-enabled private-sector-led areas that bring infrastructure directly to farming communities, enabling farmers to process raw produce into packaged goods.
‘’In addition, the Renewed Hope Agricultural Mechanisation Programme has deployed 2,000 tractors and other equipment to modernise farming practices while the distribution of one million improved hybrid cocoa seedlings is repositioning Nigeria’s cocoa industry for greater global competitiveness.’’
Senator Kyari revealed that the impact of these interventions is already evident, with essential food commodities recording price reductions of up to 50 per cent nationwide.
To drive implementation, he said, the Agrifood System Working Group, whose membership cuts across public and private sectors, development partners, academia, farmers’ associations, and civil society, will meet biannually to review progress and proffer solutions.
