Agriculture coverage.
The federal government says Nigeria has over 42 million agricultural households, mostly smallholder family farms, underscoring their central role in the country’s food system and the need for stronger support.
Davidorlah Nigeria Limited is urging stronger investment in Africa’s agricultural value chains, arguing that strategic financing, infrastructure and value-added processing are essential for food security, jobs and long-term agribusiness growth.
Nigeria has unveiled a 10-year agrifood roadmap that aims to strengthen food sovereignty, reduce poverty, attract $100 billion in investment and align national agriculture policy with the African Union’s Kampala Declaration for 2026–2035
A foundation working with the HEINEKEN Africa Foundation has trained 28 community seed producers and distributed more than 1,000 agro-inputs to smallholder farmers in Northern Bauchi, in a push to strengthen local seed systems and climate-resilient farming.
Nigeria’s fish industry still cannot meet domestic demand, with local production lagging far behind consumption and forcing the country to rely heavily on imports despite recent gains in output
Vice President Kashim Shettima has received the final report on the World Bank-backed $500 million Sustainable Agricultural Value Chains for Growth Programme, known as AGROW, signaling the end of the design phase and the start of nationwide implementation to boost productivity, private investment and food security
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The Equipment Leasing Registration Authority says expanding access to leased farm equipment will boost food security and help young Nigerian entrepreneurs scale their agribusinesses without huge upfront capital.
The Bauchi State Government has set up a seven‑member committee to screen and distribute starter packs and cash grants to 1,250 youths and women trained as agripreneurs under its Integrated Agricultural Value Chain and Agribusiness Programme, aiming to boost food security, create jobs and build a new generation of modern farmers.
The Federal Government has partnered with Heifer International to train and empower 50,000 young Nigerians in agritech, aiming to boost food production, create jobs, and reduce youth unemployment.
The National Agricultural Land Development Authority (NALDA) has announced plans to convert degraded forest reserves into large-scale agricultural estates and launched the Green Hope horticulture project to boost Nigeria's food production.
Nigerian farmers are warning that 2025 was their hardest farming year in decades, blaming climate change‑driven heat, drought and flooding for devastating yields, rising costs and deepening rural poverty, and calling for urgent government support and adaptation measures.
The South East Development Commission is reviving the agro‑industrial vision of the late Dr Michael Okpara, pushing a new regional agriculture revolution built on commercial farming, agro‑processing and integrated rural development. With fresh investment plans and university partnerships, SEDC aims to turn Eastern Nigeria’s farmlands into engines of jobs and export growth
