Minister of agriculture Abubakar kyari says Nigeria is advancing toward food sovereignty through a combination of innovative policies, international partnerships, and support for local production. Kyari says agriculture remains Nigeria’s largest employer of Labour, contributing over one-quarter of the nation’s GDP, and described it as the foundation of national renewal and resilience.
Minister of agriculture Abubakar Kyari says early results of government interventions were encouraging, with food prices beginning to decline across several commodities. He stated that the federal government had strengthened the National Agricultural Growth Scheme–Agro-Pocket, supported by the African Development Bank and state governments, to provide farmers with affordable inputs
According to him, wheat cultivation has expanded beyond the 15 states covered last season, with rained farming now introduced in Plateau, Taraba, and Cross River. The minister also unveiled the Nigeria Postharvest Systems Transformation Programme, developed in collaboration with the Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa, to address post-harvest losses estimated at $10 billion annually.
On his part, Governor Uba Sani says agriculture has become both a moral and economic imperative for his administration. He explained that Kaduna raised its agriculture budget from N1.48 billion in 2023 to N74 billion in 2025, a 5,000 per cent increase surpassing the Malabo Declaration of 10 per cent target. At the closing of the 47th National Council on Agriculture and Food Security the delegation of Commissioners of Agriculture from the 36 states of the federation, says the meeting’s theme reflected President Bola Tinubu’s resolve to place food at the centre of economic renewal.
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