Abubakar Kyari, Nigeria’s Minister of Agriculture and Food Security, and Mohammed Ibrahim, Executive Secretary of the National Agricultural Development Fund (NADF), have jointly called for a fundamental shift in how Africa finances agricultural research, insisting that sustainable agricultural transformation requires more than increased funding.
The call was made during the High-Level Ministerial Dialogue on Sustainable Financing for Agricultural Research, Development and Innovation (AR4D), held as part of the 9th Africa Agriculture Science Week (AASW9) at the Abuja Continental Hotel.
The dialogue, jointly organised by the National Agricultural Development Fund (NADF) and the Forum for Agricultural Research in Africa (FARA), focused on the theme, ‘Financing Africa’s Agricultural Future: Mobilizing Strategic Investments for Science, Innovation and Transformation’.
Mohammed Ibrahim, Executive Secretary of the National Agricultural Development Fund (NADF) who addressed policymakers, researchers, development partners and private sector stakeholders, during a panel session, argued
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