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Nigeria’s National Food Security Programme
A well structured plan that has every reason to succeed
In 2007, the newly elected Federal Government included Food Security in its Seven Point Agenda. As a response, the Federal Ministry of Agriculture & Water Resources launched its National Food Security Programme in September 2008, to combat the global food crisis and with a vision to ensure sustainable access, availability and affordability of quality food to all Nigerians. The programme’s vision is to eventually become a significant net provider of food to the global community and for the next four years (2008-2011), the Federal Government has set aside NGN200 billion (USD 1.7 billion) for the development of the programme.
The short-term goals of the programme are to significantly improve the country’s agricultural productivity by moving from subsistence to commercial farming. In the medium term, the aim is to expand and improve large-scale production, improve storage as well as processing capacity and establish the required infrastructure. The long-term objective is to derive over 50% of the nation’s foreign exchange through agricultural exports.
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