The Nigerian government is preparing to launch the National Agribusiness Policy Mechanism (NAPM), a strategic initiative designed to boost agricultural productivity, stabilise food prices, and stimulate broader economic growth.
The NAPM forms part of wider efforts to transform the country’s agricultural sector through data-driven policies and enhanced public-private partnerships.
Speaking on Friday in Abuja during a meeting of the Presidential Food Systems Coordinating Unit (PFSCU) Steering Committee at the Presidential Villa, Vice President Kashim Shettima said the initiative would align agricultural efforts across all levels of government through real-time data analytics.
“The Green Imperative Project (GIP) is an idea whose time has come. It has been in the incubation period for several years, and now it is coming to fruition; we must get it right.
We have had many interventions in this country in the past. We must make this work, and it is the states that will drive the process,” the Vice President stated.
Signed between Nigeria and Brazil on 17 March 2025, the Green Imperative Project (GIP) is a $1.1 billion initiative aimed at modernising 774 mid-sized Nigerian farms with Brazilian agricultural technologies, creating jobs and enhancing productivity nationwide.
Vice President Shettima also disclosed that President Bola Tinubu had approved ₦15 billion for the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) to prepare for the upcoming flood season.
“This is one of the first proactive decisions by the government to prepare for the flooding season,” he noted.
Earlier, the Technical Assistant to the President on Agriculture and Executive Secretary of the PFSCU, Marion Moon, explained that the NAPM is intended to tackle the challenges of high food inflation and agricultural yields that lag 60 per cent behind global averages.
She revealed that the pilot survey for the NAPM had been completed across 13 states, with a full launch scheduled for June 2025.
The NAPM, supported by partnerships in data analytics and a digital platform currently under development, is designed to address food inflation, inefficient subsidies, and outdated farming practices, providing the country with a unified framework to optimise public expenditure and drive sustainable rural development.
