About the Policy
Commission:
The Agriculture & Food Security Policy Commission is one of
the eight Policy Commissions of the Nigerian Economic Summit
Group (NESG) which is structured to follow-through
Agriculture specific issues and recommendations of the
annual Nigerian Economic Summit (NES) to ensure adoption and
implementation by the relevant policy implementing agencies
and/or stakeholders.
The flagship of this Policy
Commission is the Nucleus Estate Initiative (NEI). Members of
the Commission believed that one of the ways of solving the
numerous problems in the Agricultural sector is by adoption of
the NEI. The NEI is a framework/ platform in which symbiotic
relationships are developed between small holder farmers and
agricultural /food processing companies. The essence is that the
companies provide a ready market outlet for the farmers while in
turn (the companies); they get a steady supply of raw materials
for their processing plants. The NEI is a programme which has
been designed to achieve food security as well as enhance the
income of small farmer.
Also, the NESG Rice Network
which is anchored on the NESG Agriculture and Food Policy
Commission, Was formed when market operators, government
institutions, NGOs and donors in the rice sector met in May
2007, at an investment roundtable, and unanimously decided that
a public-private dialogue (PPD) forum be set up to address
constraints inhibiting private sector investments in the sector
operators. One of the key objectives of the network is to
improve farmers access to vital production resources etc.
Overall aim is to create an enabling environment for the
business of rice production and processing plus the support
services to thrive. The public launch and presentation of the
NESG Rice Network was held on the 8th of July 2008 at
the Transcorp Hilton Hotel, Abuja.
Leadership of the Policy
Commission
- Mr. Emmanuel Ijewere,
Chairman, Private Sector
Managing Director/CEO, Best Foods Limited.
- Prof. Eric Eboh- Consultant
Executive Director, African Institute for
Applied Economics,
- Deacones Foluke
Areola- Facilitator
National President, Fisheries Society of Nigeria.
Areas of
Coverage:
- Agricultural Policy
- Agricultural Production
- Agricultural processing, storage & marketing
- Agricultural Finance and
- Food security
Activities and
upcoming events
Nigeria Rice Investment Forum 2008
24 - 25 November 2008 at Transcorp Hilton, Abuja - Nigeria
The NESG 7th Agriculture Summit
Postponed to the first quarter, 2009
Past
activities and events
International Agribusiness Summit & Expo
2009
Tuesday 28th Thursday 30th July, 2009 was held at Kwara
Hotels & Pavilion, Ilorin, Kwara State - Nigeria. The summit
was hosted by the Kwara State Government and was jointly
Organized by the NESG & AgroNigeria. Click
here to
read more
Publications
The Nucleus Estate Initiative Brochure
A one day National Capacity Building Training
Programme was conducted for both big operators and small
operators in the agricultural sector, as well as the financial
sector, on 8th November 2007 at Transcorp Hilton Hotel, Abuja.
The objective of the training was to strengthen nucleus estate
operators/satellite farmers capacity for informed and profitable
business engagement. It was used as a platform for public
presentations of success stories, with the view of encouraging
more stakeholders to subscribe to the initiative.
This was a follow - up
on NES #12 recommendations that capacity building activities
should be organised for the Nucleus Estate farmers, their
various satellite farms and the stakeholders in the
agriculture sector. In attendance were agribusiness
operators, financial sector operators, policy makers,
representative from the public sectors and donor agencies.
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