Background

MIRA Nigeria was implemented under a grant awarded by AGRA to NABG for the period from February 15, 2016 to October 31, 2018.

The MIRA project aims to measurably improve policy and regulatory enabling environments for private sector investment in local agribusinesses that serve smallholder farmers in Nigeria.

The expected project outcomes include:

1. Government buy-in to the need for regulatory reforms.
2. Reform regulations drafted, reform regulations approved, approved regulations implemented.
3. Raising the private sector awareness of domestic and international private sector investors of the reformed regulations in Nigeria.
4. National policy systems have skills to track and improve investment conditions facing agribusiness in fixing the agricultural value chains.
5. National policy systems have budget resources to track and improve investment conditions facing smallholder agribusinesses in value chain development and for the private sector to be formally recognized and well-represented in agricultural policy structures and processes.

The project objective is focused on planning and coordination to achieve the following specific objectives:

1. Strengthen the demand by the Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (FMARD) and other relevant government agencies of the Federal Republic of Nigeria to reform policies and regulations that unintentionally limit smallholder private sector investments in agribusinesses and value chain development.
2. Support FMARD and the Federal Republic of Nigeria’s effort to reform policies and regulations that limit smallholder private sector investment in agribusinesses and value chain development.
3. Promote reformed policies and regulations to raise awareness and to attract local and international private sector investors of the improved agribusiness enabling environments in Nigeria.
4. Enhance the capacity and commitment of FMARD and the Federal Government of Nigeria’s to continuously review, assess and reform policies and regulations that limit smallholder private sector investment in value chain development activities.

The project activities are focused on the following:

1. Coordinate activities to strengthen FMARD, Federal Republic of Nigeria’s demand for regulatory reforms, by supporting efforts to identify and assess regulations that unintentionally limit private sector investment in smallholder value chains
2. Coordinate activities to support the FMARD, Federal Republic of Nigeria’s efforts to reform policies and regulations that limit smallholder private sector investment in value chain development
3. Coordinate activities to promote reformed policies and regulations to attract local and international private sector investors, in order to raise awareness about improved agribusiness enabling environments in Nigeria
4. Manage activities to enhance the capacity and commitment of FMARD and the Federal Republic of Nigeria to continuously review, assess and reform policies and regulations that limit smallholder private sector investments in value chain development