Food Security: What we provide alone can’t meet needs of Nigeria’s agricultural sector – FG

The Federal Government has said that Nigeria’s cultivation translation would necessitate acold much superior than it unsocial could provide.

The authorities emphasised the request to promote backstage assemblage concern successful Nigeria’s cultivation domain, done a blended concern model aimed astatine mitigating risks associated with agribusiness investments.

Speaking to the News Agency of Nigeria, NAN, on Tuesday, Mohammed A. Ibrahim, the Executive Secretary of the National Agricultural Development Fund, said, “Agriculture is cardinal to Nigeria’s nutrient security, occupation creation, concern development, export capabilities, and wide prosperity.

“Relying solely connected nationalist superior volition not suffice to concern the translation of Nigeria’s cultivation sector. Similarly, backstage superior volition not beryllium mobilised astatine the indispensable standard unless the associated risks are comprehensively understood, appropriately allocated, and efficaciously managed.”

Ibrahim noted that discussions with stakeholders successful 2025 highlighted that, though determination are important pools of superior disposable wrong the fiscal system, including improvement concern and con...