Theme: Enhanced Agribusiness as a Solution to Unemployment and Insecurity in Nigeria
The Nigeria Agribusiness Group (NABG) is pleased to host the 2026 Presidential Agricultural Policy Dialogue, a high-level policy engagement convened to advance practical, evidence-based solutions for Nigeria’s agricultural and economic transformation.
This Dialogue will bring together senior government officials, private sector leaders, development partners, academia, and key agribusiness stakeholders to examine how enhanced agribusiness development can serve as a powerful tool for job creation, rural stability, and national security.
The engagement is designed to foster strategic policy dialogue, strengthen public–private collaboration, and improve policy coherence and implementation across Nigeria’s agribusiness ecosystem.
Why Attend?
Participants will:
Engage in high-level discussions on agribusiness-led solutions to unemployment and insecurity
Contribute to evidence-based policy conversations shaping Nigeria’s agricultural future
Network with policymakers, industry leaders, and development partners
Provide inputs that will inform NABG Presidential Policy Position Papers to be submitted to the Presidency
Outcomes
Key outcomes from the Dialogue—including refined technical papers and stakeholder-validated policy recommendations—will be consolidated into formal policy position papers by NABG for presidential consideration.
Event Details
📅 Date: Tuesday, 3rd February 2026
⏰ Time: 9:00 a.m. prompt
📍 Venue (Physical): Yar’Adua Centre, Abuja
(NB: Only Abuja Based can apply to attend physical)
💻 Virtual Participation: Online (link to be shared with registered participants)Registration Information
Physical Attendance: Limited to 50 participants (strictly by confirmation)
Virtual Attendance: Unlimited
👉 Early registration is strongly encouraged, especially for participants interested in physical attendance.
We look forward to your participation as we collectively work towards policies that unlock Nigeria’s agribusiness potential and drive inclusive economic growth.
— Nigeria Agribusiness Group (NABG)
I am excited about the insights and learning that will come out of this gathering and I committed to ensuring that this becomes the catalyst for agribusiness transformation in Nigeria.
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Policy Brief
Title
Strengthening Nigeria’s Fresh Food Systems through Structured Farmers Markets
(Aligned with Global Best Practices of the World Farmers Markets Coalition)
1. Policy Context
Nigeria’s food system faces growing pressure from rapid urbanisation, food price inflation, post-harvest losses, and limited market access for smallholder farmers. While productivity-focused interventions have expanded output, weak fresh food market systems continue to undermine farmer incomes, food quality, and nutrition outcomes.
Globally, structured farmers markets are recognised as effective public-policy tools for strengthening fresh food systems. The World Farmers Markets Coalition (WFMC) promotes farmers markets as inclusive, transparent, and resilient market institutions that connect farmers directly to consumers, processors, and institutional buyers while supporting national food security objectives.
This policy brief proposes the adoption of a Structured Farmers Markets (SFM) model in Nigeria as a government-enabled, market-driven intervention aligned with international best practice.
2. Policy Problem
Key challenges within Nigeria’s fresh food system include:
Fragmented and informal fresh produce markets
High post-harvest losses (estimated 30–40% for perishables)
Weak price transparency and farmer bargaining power
Limited traceability and food quality assurance
Rising urban food costs and declining consumer trust
These challenges reduce the effectiveness of public investments in agricultural production and extension.
3. Policy Objective
To institutionalise structured farmers markets as part of Nigeria’s fresh food system, improving market efficiency, farmer incomes, food quality, and nutrition while supporting inclusive agribusiness growth.
4. Proposed Policy Intervention: Structured Farmers Markets (SFM)
Structured Farmers Markets are regular, government-recognised market platforms where organised farmer groups sell fresh and value-added products directly to consumers and buyers under agreed standards.
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There is the need to focus more on Youth in Agriculture and Agribusiness with attention paid to major crop and livestock value chains in Nigeria.
The above vision should be powered by a robust integrated implementation framework back with consistent funding by FGN. SGs and Development Partners such as World Bank to revive the Stste Agricultural Development Programmes (ADPs) that is state-wide and leverage on the existing structures in all the States of the Federation .
It’s important to note that the old generation farmers are gradually getting weaker and fewer in number across the nation, and they don’t have capacity and capability to meet up with present and global trends in gricultural production, that is centred around technology and innovation.
To achieve the above, let be in place robust flagship Agriculture and Agribusiness Development Interventions that will support by willing Development Partners that will focus the interventions around the following implementation focus areas:
I) Provision for basic farm and agribusiness infrastructures such as feeder roads, produce storage facilities, water supplies (boreholes), constant electricity supply (solar power), etc
2) Production Service Centers
3) Aggregation Service Centers
4) Processing Service Centers
5) Market and Marketing Service Centres
6Transport and Logistics Service Centers
7) Technical Implementation Support Services including apprenticeship/Skill Acquisition and mentorship, cooperatives, banking services, technical and management trainings, financial literacy and book beeking, etc
Expected Outcomes of this robust agribusiness development interventions will include:
* Increased Productivity and Crop Yields
* Jobs and Employment for the Youths
* Food and Nutrition Security
* Improved Price Stability and buffer Stuck for produce at harvest
* Increased Crop Processing and Value Additions for the selected crops and Livestock
* Increased Income generation
Improved Livelihoods of beneficiaries
* Reduced Poverty
* Improved Wellbeing of the beneficiaries
* Improved general security and Peace and less tension in Nigeria
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I would love to attend physically but space is limited nevertheless I will go virtual