FG Urges States to Align Production and Consumption to Protect Farmers

Nigeria’s Minister of Agriculture and Food Security, Abubakar Kyari, urged states to align agricultural production with consumption and industrial demand to protect farmers from losses and stabilise food prices. Speaking at the 48th National Council on Agriculture and Food Security meeting in Enugu on November 5, he said food inflation, which fell to 8.89% in January 2026, had risen to 19.59% by September as input costs continued to climb. Kyari said the National Agricultural Development Fund’s Farm Input Support Programme had disbursed N16.27 billion to more than 115,000 beneficiaries across 25 states and the Federal Capital Territory. He also cited the Bank of Agriculture’s financing for more than 500,000 smallholder farmers and the Guaranteed Minimum Price Programme, designed to protect eligible farmers from distress sales.