The Minister of State for Agriculture and Rural Development, Mr Mustapha Shehuri, says Nigeria\u2019s food system is weak and vulnerable to shock.
\nShehuri said on Monday at this year\u2019s Feed Nigeria Summit which was held in Abuja.
\nShehuri, who was represented by the Director, Federal Department of Agriculture, Hajia Karima Babangida, said the Summit will assist the Ministry to re-examine the weak link with a view to strengthen it for an Agricultural System that will work for Nigeria and stabilise the Food Security.
\n\u201cThere is no doubt that the current Nigeria Food System is weak and vulnerable to shock.
\n\u201cThe Summit, no doubt will assist the Ministry to re-examine the weak link with a view to strengthen it for an Agricultural System that will work for Nigeria and stabilise the Food Security,\u201d he said.
\nHe said that the Ministry is determined to create a functional food system that will guarantee all citizens, an unrestricted access to good quality nutritious and safe food.
\n\u201cThis underscores the various programmes and interventions that are on-going in the Ministry in areas of agricultural livelihood and supports, Food Safety and provision of Infrastructures in different ecological areas of the country.
\nHe said for a sustainable Food System, the country must rise to overcome challenge of poor quality food supplies, hunger, malnutrition and improper food habit of promoting food wastage.
\n\u201cThis is the acceptable consumption behaviour globally that an average Nigerian especially in the Urban areas pays little or no attention.
\n\u201cIf we devote so much to produce, we should pay more attention to avoid waste because of its economic and environmental impact negatively\u201d, he added.
\nThe Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Alhaji Muhammad Nanono said the country may produce enough food to eat but people will still sleep with hunger because they do not have enough money to buy food.
\nHe noted that the problem is as a result of unemployment for people to earn money for food, rent or education, identifying this as a great challenge to the Nation.
\n\u201cI recently met with some young Nigeria who are into processing and
\nsynergising agriculture with the industry, and that is exactly what we need in this country.
\n\u201cUnless we create that relationship and make it strong the poverty will persist..
\n\u201cThere is no single seminar on agriculture that i have attended that i do not come across that our value chain is not mentioned, we have done a lot in that regard and we have even gained international recognition.
\n\u201cIf we do not focus on how do we remove this fundamental issue of army unemployed youths and move them to be gainfully employed we are doing nothing, the relationship between the agricultural sector and the industrial sector is a must,\u201d he said.
\nNanono said the Federal Government has continued to implement new strategies to aid the development of the agricultural sector and strengthen the value chain.
\n\u201cThe focus of the National Agricultural Transformation and Innovation Plan (NATIP) is to aid a new strategy that will strengthen the agricultural financial system, reduce food imports and help to refocus attention on agriculture as a key driver of the Nigerian economy.
\nHe lamented that Nigeria still imports a significant amount of food and we are not earning as much foreign exchange as we could from agriculture.
\nThe Minister said for this reason it has become pertinent to re-strategize and deploy innovation to tackle the longstanding issues and lead Nigeria towards food sufficiency.
\nNanono said this year\u2019s Summit will explore pathways that can help build Nigeria\u2019s Agribusiness ecosystem efficiently, and sustainably.
\nHe said the Ministry is committed to continue to work to support key value chain activities such as input distribution, farm production, processing,
\ndistribution and marketing by providing better coordination and infrastructural support.
\nThe Minister said the government will also continue to deliver interventions that address the challenges in the value chain to the end that the post-COVID 19 agricultural sector is strengthened and positioned for growth.
\nThe Director Agribusiness Enabling Environment, of Feed The Future, Mr James Ebuetse said the theme for this year\u2019s summit \u201cPost-Covid-19: A Repaired Food System, Pathway to a Revived Economy\u201d resonates strongly with events around the world and points out to us the need to focus our energy on strengthening the nation\u2019s agriculture sector in the post-Covid-19 economy.
\nHe said the Feed The Future Nigeria Agribusiness Investment Activity is a five-year USAID funded program, which aims to strengthen the enabling environment for agribusiness finance and investment in Nigeria.
\n\u201cSo far, we have facilitated the review and approval of five agriculture related policies in Nigeria and facilitated 32 consultative processes on agriculture enabling environment policies, some of these will result in the approval of more policies.
\nEbuetse said further that the programme has also facilitated over 96 million dollars in agriculture related debt and non-debt financing to over 11,000 micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs).
\nHe said the facilitation is focused on value chains of Rice, maize, soybean, cowpea and aquaculture in seven states of Benue, Cross River, Delta, Ebonyi, Kaduna, Kebbi and Niger States\u201d, Ebuetse noted.<\/p>\n\n
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