Despite its bottlenecks and challenges, Nigeria recorded over ₦2.3 trillion in the last four farming seasons of the National Agricultural Growth Scheme, NAGS 2.0 programme implementation, from the production of over 2.5 million metric tons of produce.
This is according to the Minister of State for Agriculture and Food Security, Sabi Abdullahi, who was speaking at a dry season farming preparatory meeting in Abuja, where he reels out alignment plans for the forthcoming dry season farming.
As 2026 dry season farming approaches, the Nigerian government is leveraging the challenges and building on the successes recorded in the past National Agricultural Growth Scheme and Agro Pocket, NAGS-AP project’s implementation to improve crop production.
As part of preparation, the certification of available planting materials for some food crops is currently ongoing. This is to ensure that only quality and improved seeds get to farmers and at the right time.
In addition to the dry season farming preparation, the federal government is making arrangements to commence the implementation of the Japan International Cooperation Agency, JICA project, that will focus on rice, maize and cassava production, covering all the 36 States and FCT.
Under the 2025-2026 dry season farming alignment, NAGS-AP Project in collaboration with the Bank of Agriculture BOA, is to develop a new implementation framework and operational strategies that will eliminate underlined bottlenecks in the process, to address any deduced loopholes, and ensure increased food production.
(Editor: Terverr Tyav)
