The Agricultural
Transformation Agenda (ATA) is a component of the general Transformation Agenda
of the present administration in Nigeria. One of the identified crop
commodities under ATA programme as from the year 2013 is wheat. Its production
has over the years witnessed some setbacks which forced the country to spend
billions of Naira annually importing it to meet local demand. It is in
realization of the need to revamp wheat production in Nigeria so as to be self
sufficient in its production that, the Lake Chad Research Institute Maiduguri
that has the mandate for the genetic improvement of wheat was given the
approval by the Honourable Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development to
conduct the second phase of the advocacy / sensitization visit to the wheat
growing states of Nigeria which is solely sponsored by the Ministry. The tour
which started on the 12th of July 2013 lasted for 7days and took the
team to 7 states of Nigeria.
Friday, September 11, 2015
EU, UK, others invest N900bn in Nigeria’s agriculture
It also stated that international and local business establishments
were committed to make investments of about $4bn (N800bn) in the agricultural
sector.
The Permanent Secretary, Federal Ministry of Agriculture and RuralDevelopment, Mr. Sonny Echono, disclosed this on the occasion of the validation
workshop on the New Alliance Report involving Nigeria, private sector investors
and its development partners.
The development partners, according to Echono, include the European
Union, United Kingdom, Japan, France, Germany and the United States.
The permanent secretary, who was represented by the Director of
Special Duties, FMARD, Mrs. Ademola Abiri, stated that the new alliance was a
collaborative approach geared towards developing the agricultural sector of the
Nigerian economy.
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