Experts in agribusiness have called for collaboration to tackle rising food insecurity and issues limiting farmers productivity.
The agripreneurs who made the call during the AgriConnect 2024 Summit themed: ‘Bridging the Divide: Fostering Collaboration and Innovation for a Sustainable Agriculture Future’ held recently in Lagos, said food insecurity in Nigeria can be tackled when both private and government agric stakeholders come together.
Ruth Abisola, Lagos State Commissioner of Agriculture, said for the country to improve its food production, there has to be more collaboration between private and government organisations.
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“Every single agency needs to have a representative and possibly a one-stop table where everything is done and this is where we will need collaboration,” Abisola said during a panelist discussion at the summit.
She emphasised the need for private agribusiness owners to form partnerships with the federal government, noting that the agricultural sector can achieve more with the combined efforts of both bodies.
Abisola reiterated the efforts of the Lagos State government in tackling rising food inflation, saying that the state government was building partnerships with other stakeholders in the private sector.
“We launched a cold shopping solution for the red meat initiative and this was in partnership with the private sector to tackle unhygienic handling of red meat in Lagos,” she added.
However, she also said there have been hurdles to building a successful partnership with other private organisations in the country, especially from the government side.
