Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development
The Ministry is also known as FMARD .It has 2 major departments namely Technical and Service Department
Technical Departments: Agriculture (Trees and Crops), Fisheries, Livestock, Land Resources, Fertilizer, Food Reserve & Storage and Rural Development.
Service Departments: Finance, Human Resources, Procurement, PPAS (Plan, Policy, Analysis & Statistics) and Co-operatives
Functions
- Execute an agricultural transformation agenda to support Mr. President’s Transformation Agenda
- Focus on agriculture as a business
- Utilize the transformation of the agricultural sector to create jobs, create wealth and ensure food security
- Focus on value chains where Nigeria has comparative advantage
Develop strategic partnerships to stimulate investments to drive a market-led agricultural transformation
- State and Local Governments
- Inter-ministerial collaboration
- Private sector
- Farmer groups and civil society
- Sharp focus on youth and women
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