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The meeting with Japanese Consumers’ Cooperative Union (JCCU) was held to exchange opinions related to SDGs and sustainable food systems. The main remarks of the participants are as follows: (1) In order to facilitate consumers' understanding of organic farming, we would like to promote exchanges between producers and consumers and create a place where consumers can experience the benefits of organic farming in cooperation with other organizations. (2) For expanding the land area of organic farming, it is necessary that prefectures and JAs establish a system to provide many farm producers wi... Lire la suiteth the guidance of agricultural management and certification support in an organized manner, whereby encouraging the producers to shift toward organic farming. (3) Organic farming is not the only solution, and it is important for many farm producers to gradually reduce environmental load in their farming. (4) Although the needs and demand for organic farm products are increasing, its supply is still small and there are only a few organic farm products that can be placed in stores, so they are only put on places such as the local product corners or shelves. (5) If you try to use organic raw materials for manufacturing processed food, they are now mostly imported. If the domestic production of organic farming increases, using domestically produced organic materials for manufacturing processed food could be considered. (6) Diet harmonizing with the climate and farming method in each local area is considered to have the smallest environmental load. (7) While some people in Japan are in a situation where they have no food to eat, there is the food loss and waste issue. So, it is necessary to establish a mechanism to connect these problems. It is desirable to have a system that can provide food support to children and students while reducing domestic food loss and waste. (8) Seafood is an excellent source of protein, but consumers cannot eat it with a feeling of security unless problems such as overfishing and other fishery management problems and IUU fishery problems are resolved. Especially for domestic marine products, it is necessary to take measures to prevent IUU-derived products from entering the market. Lire moins

In this dialogue, we discussed challenges and opportunities especially related to Action Track 3 and 4.

The meeting with Nougyoujoshi Project (female farmers groups project) was held to exchange opinions related to SDGs and sustainable food systems. Please see the attached file for details of discussions.

Action track 3: To Boost Nature Positive Production Group What actions in the next 3 years will have the greatest impact on the Discussion Topic? 1. Activities and ways that support increased production and better Food system Governance . i. Mapping and classification of agricultural lands for crop and livestock production, processing and distribution. ii. Agricultural land development iii. Allocation of developed land to farmers iv. Creating new farm settlements, strengthening old settlements v. Encouraging high profile agriculture vi. Engaging farmers in contract farming. Immediate Actions N... Lire la suiteeeded • Organize Agricultural Transformation Business Summit to sensitize stakeholders and showcase the business opportunities, for investments, collaboration • Build capacity of farmers on Climate resilience and sustainable agriculture, modern farming techniques and innovations in value addition • Provide credit facilities to farmers and monitor utilization to avoid diversion • Reorientation and awareness creation for Youths and Women on agribusiness What contributions will our organizations make? This group was made up of professionals : Agriculturists working at ADPs, Ministries of Agriculture and other parastatal, agro- allied industries. The group can : i. Influence government policies for improved food system, increased food production ,processing and distribution ii. Make budgetary provisions to enable the government sponsor the projects iii. Work as extension officers to assist in building the capacity of farmers iv. Work as consultants to investors v. Organize the agribusiness summit HOW WILL IT BE POSSIBLE TO TELL IF THESE ACTIONS ARE BEING SUCCESSFUL? HOW TO MEASURE PROGRESS OR HOW SUCCESSFUL THE PROPOSED ACTIONS ARE The following parameters can be used to assess the level of success achieved: i. Increased utilization of agricultural resources - arable land, water resources, etc ii. Diversification of food production- production of exotic vegetables, fruits etc iii. Reduced “importation “of food items from neighbouring states. iv. Number of people getting involved in agricultural activities. v. Number of extension workers effectively mobilized to build the capacity of farmers. vi. Number of high investors To achieve the above, there is urgent need for: I. Baseline Survey on agricultural activities and potentials to enable the identification and enumeration of stakeholders and resources for improving the food system. II. Create effective and achievable monitoring and evaluation Plan (M&E ) III. Data Banks to be created to record farmers’ population, specialization, scope, outputs , progress etc IV. Regular updates on all data collated. Lire moins

DISCUSSION TOPIC ADVANCE EQUITABLE LIVELIHOOD What actions in the next 3 years will have greatest impact on the Discussion Topic? • Programs to mitigate the effect of natural disasters and deficiencies. Irrigation, weather forecast be made available • Strengthening human capital development in technical and vocational programs in the agriculture and agro allied sectors • Provision of adequate credit and relaxing the conditions (Bottle Necks) to accessing finance for agriculture and agro allied sector. • Social norms that are discriminatory and limit equitable livelihood should be ident... Lire la suiteified and dismantled • Awareness and mentoring to change the mindsets on gender and age What contributions will our organizations make? • Mobilization and sensitization • Awareness campaigns and mentoring sessions • Develop strategy to eliminate credits for agriculture and agro allied getting to unintended persons (beneficiaries) • Monitoring of input distribution and farms through drones and GPS. And introduction of voucher payment system, which interfaces with farmer and the input suppliers directly. How will it be possible to tell if these actions are being successful? • Monitoring by use or deployment of ICT, video conferencing where possible. • Collect baseline data against which change can be assessed. • Develop monitoring and evaluation plan (M&E plan) Lire moins

Discussion Topic Building resilience to vulnerability, shock & stresses in Food System What actions in the next 3 years will have greatest impact on the Discussion Topic? Need Assessment Sensitization & Verification of Facts Security for farmers What contributions will our organisations make? Training of stakeholders Follow-up of developmental plans Capacity building How will it be possible to tell if these actions are being successful Physical result in the field Livelihood developments Increase in food production and food security Practices in value addition

GROUP 1 Surprises on the high burden of malnutrition in the region despite rich and diverse food culture. Strategies for government risk-sharing in agriculture and regulate inputs supply chain. Depowering of smallholder farmers by investment in costly green-houses and mechanized farming. GROUP 3 DIVERGENCIES A. Challenges improving the food system cannot be achieved through the farmers without direct involvement of the various governments as farmers have the potentials to develop if government removes bottlenecks. B. MANAGEMENT OF THE DIVERGENT Need to educate policy makers on their role in se... Lire la suitetting the motion for the expected improvement in food systems. A. Youths poorly motivated in agriculture attributed to change in societal values . B. MANAGEMENT OF THE DIVERGENT Need for reorientation of youths, making agriculture more attractive. GROUP 4 • Cultural and social norms that promote gender imbalance and access to productive assets (Identify and Eliminate) • Credit to unintended beneficiaries (In managing, there is need to establish proper disbursement, management and evaluation mechanisms) • Weak institutional systems hampering effective implementation of government policies. (The need to establish independent monitoring and evaluation structures of government policies, actions and implementations/deliverables) • Science and technology weak link with practices. (Extension service delivery system strengthened) GROUP 5 Mitigation & adaptation process Capacity Building Peace talk/dialogue Lire moins

The Exploratory Dialogue in the South South took an in-depth analysis into the nutrition situation, challenges of the food systems and made critical recommendations to government on how to address the identified challenges. The tracks were discussed in the context of the zone and from the outcome of the discussions areas of interrelationship came out clearly. Cross cutting issues that will generally influence actions on all the tracks were identified as funding, provision of farming inputs, improving processing and preservation method of farm produce, research, innovations, women empowerment, ... Lire la suiteprovision of rural infrastructure, channelling the energy of the youth to farm work, improving security of the area etc. Food production and consumption in the zone is based mainly on staples. Ignorance on the right food choices, poor purchasing power affects what people eat. People tend to consume more of what is available rather than on what the body needs. Transportation of farm produce out of the farm to areas where they are needed and where farmers would have value for their labour by selling at a profitable price was identified as a major issue in the region. A lot of food wastage occurs due to the perishability of farm produce, lack of preservation facilities and non-availability of off-takers in the area. The issue of food contamination was also highlighted. Farmers and food handlers still use traditional methods, dangerous chemicals on food to enhance colour and increase shelve life. Farmers are faced with limited access to production inputs, agrochemicals, livestock seeds and extension services, land degradation, conflict and banditry. The impact of COVID – 19 pandemics which resulted in restriction in vehicular and human movement at the wake of the pandemic affected agricultural production resulting in very poor harvest, reduced income, limited access to farmland, shortage of labour for farming and harvesting of plant due to be harvested. Climate change has also affected food production. Excessive dry weather at certain times of the year, flooding and erosion in coastal areas has led to soil degradation, reduced yield of farm produce. The effect of this poor yield is quite discouraging to up-coming young farmers whom might not have the emotional dexterity and resources to continue farming after some terrible losses1q. Weak institutional systems hamper effective implementation of government policies. (The need to establish independent monitoring and evaluation structures of government policies, actions and implementations/deliverables) was recommended. Government incentives (loan, grants, farm input) to farmers most times end up in the hands of non- farmers who will not use the incentive to improve agriculture Lire moins

• The exploratory dialogue brought to the fore the enormous challenges facing Food systems in the zone and government hopes to integrating some of the recommendation into state development plans going forward. • Nutrition education and awareness need to be intensified at all levels. People eat what is available and what they can afford and do not bother to eat the right type of food. There is general lack of awareness of the importance of healthy living. The general notion that eating well is dependent on ones purchasing power should be addressed. Promoting good food preparation methods th... Lire la suiteat will improve quality of food and encourage consumption of healthy, hygienic, wholesome and nutritious food is an issue that needs to be addressed. Government, food handlers, farmers and actors along the food value chain have a lot to do in this regard. • Creation of awareness on the dangers to health of the consumption of contaminated food either through addition of harmful chemicals, poor processing methods, and other unhygienic and unwholesome practices. • The issue of food wastage in the zone requires immediate attention. Government in collaboration with stakeholders need to support the adoption of appropriate technologies in the harvesting, processing and preservation of food. Supporting small holder farmers to acquire cost effective on farm food storage technologies e.g fish smoking kiln. • The zone will urgently need to address the challenges of farm security, situations that women farmers are raped, killed or kidnapped in the farm has instilled so much fear in the people. Women farmers arrange and paid Vigilante group to provide security while at the farm.ng to the cost of production. • The zone is blessed with arable fertile land with teeming youthfully unemployed population. Engaging these youths into agriculture will increase food production and reduce a lot of vices. • Modernization of agricultural practices in the zone will lead to increased food production. Presently, there is adequate production of basic staples like yam, cassava however, there is need for farmers to be more innovative and adopt new technology around nutrition SMART agricultural practices. Training and retraining of agricultural extension workers to enable them provide innovative extension services to farmers will lead to better yield of farm produce. (b) Actions that Stakeholders will take together 1. Investment in agriculture. Pulling funds together by stakeholders will help provide funds needed by the sector. 2. The issue of insecurity in the area was seen as everybody’s business. Communities should help in securing their areas and providing useful information to security agencies of government. 3. Government and the various stakeholder associations as well as individual food handlers have a role to play in putting an end to the use of harmful chemicals, additives, etc in foods to enhance colour or increase volume. 4. Proper disposal of waste from food is the responsibility of all stakeholders. Most of this waste occur as a result of the perishability of agricultural product. Non availability of off takers, lack of storage facilities, poor food handling results in a lot of waste being generated which are not properly disposed resulting in infection and pollution of the environment. To achieve the necessary transformation of the Food Systems in the South south region, stakeholders at the meeting made the following strategic and immediate transition recommendations - Provision of infrastructure in the rural areas e.g good roads, electricity and boreholes. - Government to see farming as a social investment and improve funding of the agricultural sector. - Increase investment in agricultural research and dissemination of findings. - Capacity building of extension officer to strengthen extension services and all actors along the food chain. - Improve investment in preservation and storage technology. - Public enlightenment and nutrition education of actors along the food chain including women of reproductive age and lactating mothers. This will also minimize some harmful practices identified by the participants. - Increase state allocation to the agricultural sector. - Government to create enabling environment to attract private investors into agricultural sector. Improve access to high quality production inputs – water, improved seedling and fertilizer etc. - Sensitization of the public and regulating activities to promote food safety - Improve security of farm lands so that women and others can go to their farms. - Encourage mechanized farming e.g use of tractors. - Creation of new farm settlements and strengthening of old settlements by providing basic amenities and agro-facilities. Lire moins

Discussion Topic ENSURE ACCESS TO SAFE AND NUTRITIOUS FOOD FOR ALL What actions in next 3 years will have greatest impact on the Discussion Topic?  Provision of infrastructures to ease farm-market movement of produce, preservation, storage and value addition to food produce: Construction of XX kilometer of road per quarter in each LGA.  Timely access to high quality seedlings and other farm inputs: Resuscitate standardization of seed inputs and high quality service, and promote researchers-farmers’ linkage.  Government to invest in Agriculture as a social investment: Use agriculture... Lire la suite to widen coverage and impacts of social protection programmes and creates enabling environment for private investors to complement government efforts.  Increase innovation and adoption of technology through strengthened extension services: Adequate training and support to extension workers, and devise innovative ways to reduce the cost of production in agriculture.  Promote indigenous knowledge and access to research findings and funding: Uncover old age practices and indigenous climate-smart crops to boost supply and affordability of nutritious foods.  Create awareness and promote education on healthy eating and food demonstration: Targets include general public, food vendors, farmers, and food handlers.  Homestead gardening, small livestock rearing and intercropping should be encouraged: To increase access to various types of fruits and vegetables, spices and shrubs, and animal foods that complement household food system.  Focus on production of crops and animal foods where the region has comparative advantage What contributions will our organisations make? Communities: Unfreeze land resources and make them available to individuals with interest in agriculture to boost production and aggregation of farm to encourage mechanized farming. Private sector: Support the farming system and less exploit the system because of weak coordination mechanism. Support farmers to adopt best agricultural practices to improve yields and embrace diversification of production. Civil servants: Support farmers and agro-based actors to enhance access to safe and nutritious foods. Farmers representative: Promote creation of vegetable farming cluster to support production of vegetables Government/Policy makers: Ensure vegetable cluster farmers have access soft loan. How will it be possible to tell if these actions are being successful? Conduct baseline assessment and integrate an effective monitoring and evaluation scheme. Notable progress-indicating landmarks include improved extension workers-farmers’ ratio, engagement of community extension agents, farmers’ increased access to production inputs and other infrastructures, enabling environment for the growth and flourishing of agri-business, and improved youth friendliness of agri-business. Periodic sensitization of the population on healthy eating based on local recipes and increased budgetary allocation to agricultural sector. Lire moins

TRACK 2: SHIFT TO HEALTHY SUSTAINABLE CONSUMPTION PATTERNS What actions in the next 3 years will have greatest impact on the Discussion Topic? The actions include capacity building/empowerment for farmers especially women, massive enlightenment and nutrition education, improved farm land security, encouraging mechanized farming, research and supply of improved farm seedlings. What contributions will our organisations make? Organizational contributions include buying into the ideas and providing political will power especially the Government and its agencies. Organizations are the stakeholders ... Lire la suiteand will provide the man power and skills needed to actualise the findings/recommendations in this summit. The organisations include the Local Government, Farmers’ Union, NGOs, Nutritionist, Youth bodies, Traditional institutions, Transporters, Academia, Research Institutes, Market women and Women Affairs. These organizations will cooperate will the Government and give the necessary support whenever their services are required. How will it be possible to tell if these actions are being successful?2 The key indicators that will show that the actions are being successful will include if in State, there is observed high percentage/increase in production of vegetables, fruits, legumes and nuts. reduction in the cost of food production and consumption, easy access to funding by interested farmers and others, increased percentage of women and youths getting involved in farming and getting loans/grants, reduction in unnecessary levies for farm produces along the food chain by touts, availability of security in farm lands, improved food inputs for farmers such as fertilizers, seedlings and farming tools and good storage and perseveration facilities. Lire moins

The major focus of the exploratory dialogue was a comprehensive exploration of the Northwest zone of Nigeria Food Systems along the five action tracks on the UN food systems summit. Participants conducted a thorough diagnosis of the food systems, the functioning, major stakeholders, potentials, vulnerabilities, as well as opportunities for its transformation so that it can deliver high quality diet and affordable nutrition; be inclusive, efficient, resilient, and sustainable; and work for everyone. It was clear from discussions that excessive focus on agriculture and food security resulted in ... Lire la suitean unintended consequence of creating a less diverse food environment that is unable to provide an adequate variety and affordable, safe, and nutrient dense food. Food systems in Northwest Nigeria states are vulnerable to shocks, stresses, and disruptions. Our food systems are threatened by environmental effects and stresses due to the impact of drought, flooding, erosion, inflation, the COVID-19 pandemic, and conflict. Poverty, unemployment, and insufficient food reserves limit the capacity of our food systems to cope with shocks and stresses. The COVID pandemic has amplified the fragility, inequities and suboptimal functionality of our current food systems thus requiring significant transformations in polices, practices and business models that would make our food systems fit for purpose and enable the delivery of the most important functions rooted in robust evidence base, country context and emerging global trends and realities. There are significant food safety challenges across the food systems domain.Most investments in food safety have been for food exports. There are huge post-harvest losses within the food systems in the region and tremendous loses are recorded. Power imbalances at the household, community, national and global levels are consistently constraining the ability of our food systems to ensure poverty reduction and sustainable, equitable livelihoods. Despite many years of investment in policies, programmes, institutions, and the broader enabling environment, we see glaring indications of a broken food system. Lire moins

The major focus of the exploratory dialogue was a comprehensive exploration of the Northwest zone of Nigeria Food Systems along the five action tracks on the UN food systems summit. Participants conducted a thorough diagnosis of the food systems, the functioning, major stakeholders, potentials, vulnerabilities, as well as opportunities for its transformation so that it can deliver high quality diet and affordable nutrition; be inclusive, efficient, resilient, and sustainable; and work for everyone. It was clear from discussions that excessive focus on agriculture and food security resulted in ... Lire la suitean unintended consequence of creating a less diverse food environment that is unable to provide an adequate variety and affordable, safe, and nutrient dense food. Food systems in Northwest Nigeria states are vulnerable to shocks, stresses, and disruptions. Our food systems are threatened by environmental effects and stresses due to the impact of drought, flooding, erosion, inflation, the COVID-19 pandemic, and conflict. Poverty, unemployment, and insufficient food reserves limit the capacity of our food systems to cope with shocks and stresses. The COVID pandemic has amplified the fragility, inequities and suboptimal functionality of our current food systems thus requiring significant transformations in polices, practices and business models that would make our food systems fit for purpose and enable the delivery of the most important functions rooted in robust evidence base, country context and emerging global trends and realities. There are significant food safety challenges across the food systems domain.Most investments in food safety have been for food exports. There are huge post-harvest losses within the food systems in the region and tremendous loses are recorded. Power imbalances at the household, community, national and global levels are consistently constraining the ability of our food systems to ensure poverty reduction and sustainable, equitable livelihoods. Despite many years of investment in policies, programmes, institutions, and the broader enabling environment, we see glaring indications of a broken food system. Lire moins

Discussion Topic ENSURING ACCESS TO SAFE AND NUTRITIOUS FOOD FOR ALL THROUGH TRANSFORMATION OF FOOD SYSTEMS What actions in next 3 years will have greatest impact on the Discussion Topic? Strand 1: Reducing hunger and inequality: Land access to women and youths, improved access to financial services (Credit, Insurance, Warehouse receipt system) to address limited access to quality agricultural inputs, and mechanization, promotion of clustered farming system with leverage to community leaders for guaranteed repayment), strengthened agricultural extension system, paradigm shift from traditional ... Lire la suitepractice to agro-business approach, security and conflict resolution mechanism to involve farmer participation, cropping calendar for staggered production of perishable crops and involving states to reduce gluts, leverage on meteorological data to agricultural practices, reduction of post-harvest loses (infrastructure, cottage processing, and better handling practices), social protection to the vulnerable by giving land loans and development of data base of regular problems Strand 2: Increasing availability and affordability of nutritious foods Promote cultivation of bio-fortified crops, encourage diet diversification (with emphasis on fruits and vegetables), increased productivity of animal source foods (Fish, dairy, and poultry), promote mixed farming practices, encourage production of improved varieties of crops and livestock. Strand 3: Ensuring safe food Encourage production of improved varieties of crops and livestock (resistance to infestation and infection and tolerance to harsh climatic conditions), promote safe use and handling of pesticides, herbicides, drugs, and vaccines), promote water sanitation and hygiene practices, encourage valued addition closer to production areas to minimize post-harvest loses and contamination, establish supporting infrastructure within production clusters to reduce post-harvest loses and contamination (perishables), consumer education to increased demand of safe and nutritious food, strengthened enforcement of food safety standards and regulation. Cross-Cutting Population control, encourage school enrolment to a girl child to at least up to secondary school level, capacity building, research and development, strengthened agricultural extension system to address production and nutrition challenges. Also, encourage of transport technologies that discourage loses such as the use of plastic crates to transport tomatoes instead of baskets. What contributions will our organisations make? - Setting up cooperative organization by the farmers (Farmers) - Policies that guide to resolving identified challenges (Government) - Research and development (academia) - Coordination of intervention that address food system issues (Government, Farmers, Development partners) - Compliance to safety production practices (Government, Manufacturers, Farmers) - Provision of guaranteed uptake of agricultural commodities (Government, Civil societies) - Ease of access to financial services (Government, Financial institutions, Farmers) How will it be possible to tell if these actions are being successful? Monitoring and evaluation of: Productivity rate, improvement of nutrition status, hunger index, accessibility and affordability of food, increase in size of land under cultivation, reduction in post-harvest loses, number of women and youths involved in agricultural activities, reduced incidence of conflicts and disruptions arising from natural disasters. Lire moins

Discussion Topic Shift to Healthy and Sustainable Consumption Patterns What actions in next 3 years will have greatest impact on the Discussion Topic? 1. Productions of quality foods that are rich in the right nutrients. 2. Provisions of modern storage facilities to prevent post-harvest losses 3. Establishment of large and modern markets to create opportunities and accessibility to varieties of foods 4. Increase quality and quantity of food supplies to local consumers 5. Creations of awareness and encouragement of behavioral change; 6. Strengthening food safety regulations and compliance. 7. I... Lire la suitentegrated rural development to improve access to services, technologies and facilities needed for food production, storage and processing. Impacts in 10 years and beyond. 1. Government should invest on mechanized food productions; 2. All stakesholders in food productions and consumptions must invest on researches and data collections. 3. Effective monitoring and evaluations of the roles of the various agencies involved in food productions and consumptions. 4. Education of the masses on the right quality and quantity foods to be consumed. 5. Invest in researches on local food productions 6. Embark on the review of existing guidelines on consumption patterns 7. Behavioural Change in communication (culture and values)   What contributions will our organisations make? a. Effective formulation of policies to prevent food productions’ exposure to susceptible shocks. b. Stakesholders to assist in strengthening policies and extension services delivery c. Ensuring physical security, mechanization, research and development, food safety and foods fortification. d. Establishment of Modern storage facilities, constructions of modern transport facilities, build modern large market to make foods available, accessible and affordable as well as allow for choices of varieties by different consumers and to prevent post-harvest losses. e. should Harnessed all available water Stakesholders resources to create production and processing clusters to allows for individuals to make choices from numerous available foods supplies. How will it be possible to tell if these actions are being successful? 1. Proper monitoring and evaluations of government programmes and projects by all stakesholders. 2. Relevant agencies should ensure effective monitoring and evaluations of food productions, supplies and consumptions patterns. 3. Feedback on the levels of compliances to the various modern practices on food productions and food consumptions. 4. Increased in the quality of seeds available to farmers and this will reflect of the quality of food produced by farmers. 5. Evidence on the levels of awareness creations and review of educational curriculum to accommodate behavioural change in food productions and consumptions patterns. 6. Stakeholders must put in place accountability mechanism; 7. Effective formulations and implementation of Policies Interventions 8. Peer review at international, national and subnational levels in line with agreed commitments. 9. Regular feedback from farmers, consumers and rural dwellers. Lire moins

Discussion Topic Boost Nature Positive Production at sufficient scale The actions that would have the greatest impact on boosting nature positive production at sufficient scale in the short term include: consistent policy and support for environment sustainable productivity enhancements, price and inputs support mechanism, re-aligning of anchor borrower and other support programs to better serve small scale farmers and sensitization of relevant stakeholders on adoption of gaps and climate sensitive agricultural production practices. While for the medium term, promotion of climate SMART agricul... Lire la suiteture, promotion of semi urban agriculture to improve biodiversity and increase the supply of nutritious foods, provision of incentives for adoption of sustainable production systems, development of appropriate legislation and enforcement strategies for controlling unsustainable production practices and updating soil mapping in the NW states for crop and soil specific fertility management practices were identified. The translation of these actions to fruition is by governments, research institutes, industries, non- governmental organizations (NGOs), farmer organizations and other development partners. Measurement of the successes of these actions is mainly by participatory planning cum monitoring with reporting and communication of results. These would respectively take the determination of number of agricultural policies promoted, formulated and implemented, number of climate SMART agricultural technologies developed and promoted, quantity of food produced, proportion of agricultural output by semi-urban residents, value of input support provided in Naira, number of small-scale farmers enriched by the program, number of farmers adopting sustainable technologies and value of incentives provided, number of legislation developed and enhanced, number of states and production clusters covered, number of sensitisation workshops conducted, number of productive infrastructure developed (e.g roads constructed, storage facilities built etc). Divergences revealed in the anchor-borrower program and also in the extent of participation of government in the buying of produce can be managed by minimizing the trade-offs and optimising the synergism. Demographic issues observed with the most important impact on food production in the NW include population displacement due to insecurity (banditry) and flooding, marginalisation of active population (youths and women) and rural-urban migration. Lire moins

Discussion Topic Advancing Equitable Livelihood in Nigeria What actions in next 3 years will have greatest impact on the Discussion Topic? a) All political office holders / elected or appointed must have a farm. b) Promotion of youth and woman participation in agricultural value chain. c) Development of relevant data that facilitates identification and expand interventions that provide access to start ups and small businesses. d) Encouragement of mentorship linkages to identify successful individuals and internship programmes to build competencies of youth and vulnerable groups. e) Increase in... Lire la suite quality and quantity of extension terms to guide in group formation, training and relevant linkages. What contributions will our organisations make? 1. Civil society organisations are in a position to track, monitor and make government accountable to implementation of policies that would advance equitable livelihoods. 2. Necessary advocacy would be employed by representatives of government present in the group to ensure that lapses noted on the side of government. How will it be possible to tell if these actions are being successful? i) Design an M & E framework as a monitoring tool for the implementation of projects. ii) Design an exit strategy for farmers who are accessing loans. Lire moins

Discussion Topic Build Resilience to Vulnerabilities, Shocks and Stresses What actions in next 3 years will have greatest impact on the Discussion Topic? (short term actions) 1. Creating a neighborhood market system; enhanced storage facilities; sensitization of the member of the communities 2. Engagement of farmers through their association or directly for effective implementation; Establishment of feedback mechanism to ensure that the intervention reach the real target; Transparency and accountability; increase quantity and quality of extension teams 3. Creation of farm settlement scheme; Ag... Lire la suitericultural insurance for farmers; increase access to financial services 4. Entrenchment of gender justice in allocation; formulation of progressive society by women; Low interest rate to encourage women to participate in food value chain; sensitization of women to participate in farming 5. Awareness on weather forecast and climate change; Farmers helpline (call center) Policy on afforestation; Creation of major dams for irrigation and flood control; Creation regulatory agency/authority on fertilizer and pest control (Long-term actions) 6. Creation of green house for all year production e.g. tomatoes; Improvement of our health systems; Agricultural alternative strategies; Regional /Zonal market 7. Conflicts/Banditry (short/long term actions) Strengthen our Justice system; Land tenure to be review through land use act; improvement of our response system; formulation of peace and conflict committee; Policy on livelihood after unforeseen events; What contributions will our organisations make? Actor: Government (Federal, state and LG) Contributions Provision of vaccine, making the vaccine available to the people, sanitization of the people. Protection of life and properties, prompt response to issues, strengthen justices system, fairness in delivery of justices , maintaining the rule of law. Policy on afforestation at all levels, Government agencies creating awareness on the weather forecast and educating the farmers on crops to plant due to climate change, provision of major facilities for farmers, creating/empowerment of regulatory authorities. Review and enforcement of existing agriculture, commerce and trade policies to favour participation of women in food system, Provision of Insurance for farmers to encourage provision of farm produce, policy on creation of farm settlement. Promotion of women participation in agricultural value chain. Actor: Civil society, development partners, Academia Contributions Creating awareness on precautionary measures. Advocate and strengthen conflict resolution mechanism. Educating farmers on climate change and its effect on farm produce, support afforestation programmes, Educating farmers on climate change and its effect on farm produce, support afforestation programmes Promote population control programmes. Development of farmers’ database that will facilitate identification for interventions to reach them. How will it be possible to tell if these actions are being successful? - Set target, Create awareness and inform people about the about the benefit of the vaccine, proper distributions of the vaccine to maintain its potency - Number of people registered for the vaccine, Time to vaccination service, side effect of the vaccine and vaccination rate - Find out the cause of the issues, understand the interest of the parties involved, Keep record of the agreement to prevent feature occurrences. - Human right, Accountability, Public confidence, Social equity, fairness, sentencing of offenders. Lire moins

- The need for upgrading traditional food system to scientifically valid modern technologies. - Cooperation of farming organization and government agencies for improved security and financing. - Consumption of non-conventional foods such as the use of sweet potato leaves for soup preparation. - Goat revolving loan scheme needs to be improved or replaced with a better scheme.. - Assisted farming in the case of ill health of a member farmer. - Anchor -Borrower programme: some say it is not doing well hence it needs to be Improved - Government buying of produce: some say it should only regulate h... Lire la suiteence not be a key Player. A firm stand needs to be taken for the benefit of all - Population displacement due to insecurity (banditry) and flooding - Marginalisation of active population (youths and women) - Rural-urban migration - Politically motivated issues: politics should be removed from all the activities related to - food systems. - Programs targeted at improving food system should be channeled to thoseinvolved through their associations. - External influence: Development of local materials and adjusting to the peculiarity of our environment will enable growth and development - Openness and accountability should be prioritized Lire moins

Discussion Topic Boost nature-positive food production at scale What actions in next 3 years will have greatest impact on the Discussion Topic? 1) Increase budgetary allocation: A policy stipulating the minimum budgetary allocation to agriculture. 2) Policy harmonization within the land use sectors to maximize use of available land 3) Encourage Climate-Smart Agricultural (CSA) practices, e.g.:  encourage crop rotation, intercropping and homestead gardening; as well as Agroforestry system, which has multiple uses, including protecting the soil;  integrated farming to incorporate animal hu... Lire la suitesbandry/livestock farming; this is the success behind the Songhai farms;  Use of improved varieties of input, e.g., stress- tolerant, high-yielding varieties, etc.  Discourage the use of chemical fertilizers, herbicides, and pesticides and encourage organic farming  Using the ash obtained from palm tree wastes to enrich nutrient depleted soils;  Use of cover crops like legumes to control weed.  Introduction of local/traditional irrigation system 4) Introduction of out-grower’s scheme, for youth participation in Agriculture 5) Availability if data was conceived to be key for evidenced-based policies and programmes 6) Bio-security to maintain hygiene and health in livestock production What contributions will our organizations make? Many of the organizations participating in the discussion have one or two things to contribute. 1) Veterinary section: prevention and control of Zoonosis; 2) Boarder Commission: Advocacy and advice against conflict, crisis and wars before onset of farming 3) Department of Forestry: Building capacity of local communities to engage in agroforestry in nature-based production, raising seedlings and maintaining plantations; forming forest management committees 4) Economic Planning: Development of medium-term plan for agriculture. 5) Private sector: eliminate affluent/waste to environment by use of filters; treatment of waste water; backward integration for economic sustainability; incorporation of cassava flour into wheat flour; encourage local grain plantations and harvest; Ensure that animal feeds are produced under controlled hygienic condition; 6) Ministry of International Cooperation; Source for fund for sustainable agricultural practices; 7) ureau of Statistics: Conduct meta-evaluation and evidence-based monitoring and evaluation. 8) Ministry of Climate Change & Forestry: deforestation initiatives, especially tree planting: helping soil fertility; reducing heat & desertification; advocate against harmful practices such as bush burning and poaching. How will it be possible to tell if these actions are being successful?  Through periodic monitoring and evaluation. The following indicators will show success  Improved yield, access to credits/inputs  Improved nutritional status and health  Inclusive participation and community ownership of programmes  Economic enhancement  Reclamation of degraded land  Reduced carbon dioxide emission Lire moins