US invests $200m on Nigeria’s food security in five years, says US envoy

government on Thursday, March 21, said it has invested $200 million in food security in Nigeria in the last five years.

The implementation of the Global Food Security Strategy for Nigeria is expected to boost agriculture productivity and drive agriculture-led economic growth over the next five years. “USAID is one of many U.S. government agencies promoting agricultural development in Nigeria. For example, this year, the U.S. Department of Agriculture inaugurated a $22 million, five-year investment in Nigeria’s cocoa value chain, spanning seven states.

“Ranked the sixth least prepared globally to confront climate change, Nigeria must focus on adaptation if food security is to be achieved. He said Blessing returned to Nigeria, and has been sharing her research work and organized a training program on the importance of soil management for agricultural productivity, trained graduate students and government staff on soil management for maize production across Benue State, and used her research to support the development of the first-ever state-level climate change policy in Kebbi and Ebonyi States.

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