Abubakar Kyari, minister of agriculture and food security, says the Nigerian government is investing in dry season farming to address nutrition and food insecurity in the country.
Part of the measures to curtail the ravaging food crisis in the country, the minister, said include making available to farmers improved seedlings and fertilisers to boost farm productivity.
Mr Kyari said this at a one-day workshop for stakeholders on policies for food and nutrition security, on Thursday in Abuja.
The workshop was organised by the National Institute for Legislative and Democratic Studies (NILDS) in collaboration with Joint Research Centre (JRC), an agency of the European Commission.
Represented by Nuhu Kilishi, the director, nutrition and food safety, the minister called for a stakeholders’ partnership to address food insecurity in the country,saying food security requires a multisectoral approach rather than a one-industry approach.
He said that within the available budget,…