The Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Mr Muhammad Nanono, has said the 2021 Feed Nigeria Summit would build Nigeria\u2019s Agribusiness ecosystem efficiently and sustainably.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The minister said this at the opening of the 2021 Feed Nigeria Summit with the theme entitled: \u201dPost COVID-19: A Repaired Food System, Pathway to a Revived Economy,\u201d in Abuja.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
He said there was need to reposition the agricultural sector as the key economic growth vehicle.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Nanono said the theme could not be \u201dmore pivotal to the national discourse on how to create a sustainable growth trajectory, using agriculture as the leverage to revive and stabilise the economy.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
He said the Summit offered stakeholders opportunity to review the new agricultural policy, the National Agricultural Transformation and Innovation Plan (NATIP) and to discuss the implementation vehicles for the processes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThe Federal Government has continued to implement new strategies to aid the development of the agricultural sector and strengthen the value chain.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThe focus of the National Agricultural Transformation and Innovation Plan (NATIP) is to aid a new strategy that strengthens the agricultural financial system, reducing food imports and helping to refocus attention on agriculture as a key driver of the Nigerian economy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThe current administration, under the supervision of President Muhammadu Buhari, is keen on creating an enabling environment for the private sector to lead the recovery of the agricultural sector.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cAt the Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, we remain gallant in our support of strategic private sector incursions that will provide the much-needed infrastructure, systems, control processes and oversight to ensure a nuanced commercial development of Nigeria\u2019s agricultural market,\u201d he said<\/p>\n\n\n\n