Nigeria Government, through the Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organisation, FAO on Country Programming Framework, CPF 2023-2027.
Speaking at the signing ceremony In Abuja, the nation’s capital, Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Mohammad Abubakar, says the framework is expected to enable vulnerable households access to better food, maintain healthy diets, and improve the rural economy.
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According to the Minister a strong action plan to address the impact of climate change, global pandemic, institutional inadequacies, post-harvest losses and weak supply chain on food systems will address food shortages and nutrition problems.
He noted that to transform agriculture, end hunger and food wastage in the country, the Federal Government and the private sector must be prepared to invest massively in the sector.
The current Country Programming Framework, CPF provides the basis for collaboration and partnership between the Government of Nigeria and FAO in four strategic priority areas to accelerate the achievement of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. The rationale for these four areas stems from the national commitment to attaining sustainable food and nutrition security as well as repositioning agriculture as a vehicle for economic growth.
(Editor: Terverr Tyav)
