Nigeria and one of its longest-standing agricultural partners have recommitted to a shared push for a more productive and climate-resilient farm sector. The Federal Government and the Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa renewed their commitment to building a productive, inclusive and climate-resilient agricultural sector at a high-level convening marking AGRA's 20 years of partnership with Nigeria, held in Abuja on Tuesday, August 11, 2026, according to the News Agency of Nigeria.
Feeding a Growing, Warming Country
The Minister of Agriculture and Food Security, Senator Abubakar Kyari, said Nigeria's food systems must respond to population growth and climate change through increased productivity and climate-smart agriculture, and he called for greater mechanisation and sustainable financing to strengthen the sector, according to EnviroNews. He said that since 2006, AGRA had partnered with the Federal Government, state governments and private-sector actors to strengthen seed systems, improve access to agricultural inputs and expand market linkages, while promoting commercially viable farming across the country, the same report noted.
An Alliance, Not a Single Hand
The AGRA Nigeria Country Director, Dr Rufus Idris, said the organisation was built as an alliance because no single entity can transform Africa's food systems alone, and that two decades of work in Nigeria had been guided by the conviction that when farmers prosper, the whole nation prospers, according to EnviroNews. The convening brought together government officials, development partners, private-sector leaders, research institutions and grassroots advocates to discuss the future of Nigeria's food systems, the News Agency of Nigeria reported.
Cutting the Losses After Harvest
Part of that partnership is already targeting the waste that erodes farmer incomes. The Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Food Security, working with AGRA, developed the Nigeria Postharvest Systems Transformation Programme, which Kyari said aims to mobilise a $2.8 billion portfolio to cut the roughly ₦3.5 trillion lost to post-harvest inefficiencies each year while creating jobs for youth and women and stabilising market prices, according to the News Agency of Nigeria. The two partners have also worked with the African Union to launch a Youth in Agrifood Systems Performance Index to track how well young people are drawn into farming and agribusiness, according to AgroNigeria.
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