The Federal Government, in collaboration with development partners, has held a Community of Practice Summit in Abuja to domesticate the Comprehensive Africa Agriculture Development Programme (CAADP) Kampala Declaration on Food Systems.
The African Union (AU) had, in January 2025, adopted the Kampala Declaration (2026-2036), which focuses on transforming agrifood systems and enhancing food security across the continent.
The summit followed a two-day meeting of non-state actors (NSAs) on the CAADP Kampala Declaration on Strengthening Food Systems and Enhancing Food Security and Nutrition (2026-2035). The event was supported by GIZ Global AgSys Programme Nigeria and ActionAid Nigeria (AAN).
More than 46 non-state actors, including civil society organisations, farmers’ associations, academia, research institutions, development partners, media, and private sector representatives from across Nigeria, participated in the summit.
Speaking at the event, the Minister of Agriculture and Food Security, Senator Abubakar Kyari, stressed the urgency of revitalising the agricultural sector.
‘We must move beyond business-as-usual approaches and embrace bold reforms that will make our food systems more productive, resilient, inclusive, and sustainable. This transformation is essential to ensure food security in the country,’ he said.
Dr. Karin Jansen, Head of Development Cooperation at the German embassy, stressed the importance of Nigeria’s leadership in the process, noting that the successful domestication of the CAADP Kampala Declaration depends on coordinated action at both national and state levels.
‘This meeting marks a pivotal step toward defining Nigeria’s agricultural transformation roadmap. Germany, through the BMZ, has reaffirmed its cooperation with the African Union on CAADP and the Kampala Agenda as a key framework for food systems transformation,’ she said.
In their communique, the non-state actors urged the federal government to strengthen rural infrastructure and services-including roads, irrigation, storage facilities, markets, and ICT-and to increase investments in strategic areas such as extension services, access to credit, women and youth in agriculture, labour-saving technologies, input supply, post-harvest loss reduction, climate-resilient and sustainable agriculture, nutrition, irrigation, research and development, as well as monitoring, evaluation, and coordination.