Stakeholders in Nigeria’s agricultural sector have underscored the necessity to maintain and broaden the beneficial properties recorded in agribusiness because the nation strives to satisfy its rising meals demand.
This name was made on the official closing and handover ceremony of the In direction of Sustainable Clusters for Agribusiness Studying and Entrepreneurship (2SCALE) programme to the Institute of Agribusiness Administration in Nigeria (IAMN).
The occasion, which was held in Iseyin, Oyo State, introduced collectively dignitaries, together with the Ambassador of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, Bengt van Loosdrecht, agribusiness leaders, growth companions, and farmers from throughout the nation.
After 13 years of driving inclusive agribusiness in Nigeria, 2SCALE, a public-private initiative funded by the Kingdom of the Netherlands, formally relinquished its management to IAMN. Through the years, the programme has related greater than 166,000 smallholder farmers to markets via its incubation and accelerator phases, creating alternatives for farmers and companies to thrive.
Talking to journalists, Ambassador van Loosdrecht counseled the initiative for setting the tempo towards attaining meals safety in Nigeria. Whereas expressing optimism that the undertaking would thrive past donor assist, he urged IAMN to maintain and broaden the achievements recorded over the previous decade.
In the meantime, the Director of 2SCALE, Marina Diboma, highlighted the programme’s strides, noting that the brand new custodians have been totally briefed and ready to consolidate the successes.
Stakeholders additionally expressed confidence within the transition. The President of IAMN, Prof. Andi Brisibe, alongside FrieslandCampina WAMCO Nigeria Plc’s Managing Director, Roger Adou, represented by the group’s Govt Director of Company Affairs, Ore Famurewa, assured companions and farmers that the initiative wouldn’t collapse however fairly scale additional.
Past connecting farmers to markets, the 2SCALE initiative has boosted Nigeria’s dairy sector considerably. Regionally sourced milk, which stood at about a million litres yearly in 2012, had risen to over 4 million litres by 2022, due to its interventions.
For members on the Iseyin occasion, the handover marked a bittersweet second, a mirrored image on a 13-year journey of transformation, and the start of a brand new chapter. With correct planning, accountability, and the dedication of IAMN, stakeholders expressed confidence that Nigeria’s inclusive agribusiness journey won’t solely proceed however broaden to satisfy the nation’s rising meals demand.
