FCMB Links Value-chain Coordination to Improved Food Security

Stakeholders crossed Nigeria’s agriculture assemblage called for stronger coordination crossed the worth concatenation to amended productivity and nutrient information astatine the BusinessDay Future of Agriculture Conference held successful Lagos.

The conference, themed “From Seed to Feed: Strengthening Agricultural Inputs for Food Security,” brought unneurotic policymakers, agribusiness operators, fiscal institutions, and improvement partners.

They discussed constraints successful input systems, financing, and infrastructure.

Participants included Lagos State Commissioner for Agriculture and Food Systems, Abisola Olusanya, who represented Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu; Special Adviser connected Agriculture and Food Systems, Oluwarotimi Fashola; Chief Executive Officer of Babban Gona, Kola Masha; and Group Chief Executive Officer of AFEX, Ayodeji Balogun, who delivered a keynote connected improving farmers’ entree to prime inputs to boost nutrient production.

During a sheet league astatine the conference, Kudzai Gumunyu, Divisional Head, Agribusiness and Non-Oil Export astatine First City Monument Bank (FCMB), said fiscal institutions person a cardinal relation successful supporti...