By Abdullahi Lukman
The Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO), in partnership with the Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Food Security, has launched the 2025 Nigeria Food and Agriculture Policy Monitoring Review (PMR) in Abuja.
The initiative, unveiled on Wednesday, aims to support evidence-based decision-making under the National Agricultural Technology and Innovation Policy (NATIP). It provides analysis to guide policy implementation and investment planning in the agricultural sector.
Developed with technical backing from FAO’s Monitoring and Analysing Food and Agricultural Policies (MAFAP) programme, the PMR evaluates public agricultural spending and commodity price incentives across several years.
Minister of Agriculture and Food Security, Senator Abubakar Kyari, highlighted the importance of timely data, noting that the PMR’s findings would help shape the 2026 federal budget currently in preparation.
He emphasized food security, increased productivity, and improved nutrition as key government priorities.
FAO Representative in Nigeria and ECOWAS, Dr. Hussein Gadain, reaffirmed FAO’s commitment to agricultural transformation in Nigeria.
He stressed the need for stronger funding, pointing out that agricultural spending remained at only 2% of the federal budget between 2015 and 2021—well below the 10% target in the 2025 Kampala Declaration.
The announcement was made in a joint statement by FAO officials Mr. Chukwuka Nwachukwu, Kev Castillo, and David Tsokar.
