Nigeria
Agrifood policy monitoring
For the latest public expenditure findings for Nigeria, please see here.
For the latest full findings on cocoa, cashew nuts, maize, rice and sorghum, please see here.
Current policy support
Nigeria's Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Food Security (FMAFS) requested the MAFAP programme's support in 2025 on agricultural-sector planning by identifying reform priorities, charting reform implementation pathways, proposing technical and financial implementation roadmaps, and supporting resource mobilization to adopt and implement the prioritized reforms. This evidence designed and influenced one-third of the 6.5 trillion naira National Agrifood Systems Investment Plan (NASIP) 2026–2027. Read more here.
News
MAFAP programme welcomes Nigeria’s 6.5 trillion smarter agrifood public spending
09/04/2026
Public-expenditure analysis and scenarios for optimal allocations across policies, investments and programmes in agriculture to maximize economic, social and environmental benefits helped guide the allocation of over one-third of the budget plan for agrifood investments in 2026–2027 in Nigeria's new National Agrifood Systems Investment Plan (NASIP).
FAO launches Nigeria Food and Agriculture Policy Monitoring Review ahead of new National Agricultural Investment Plan
21/08/2025
FAO's MAFAP programme, in collaboration with the Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Food Security, officially launches the Nigeria Food and Agriculture Policy Monitoring Review at a high-level event in Abuja. The report is expected to guide policymaking ahead of the country's new National Agricultural Investment Plan. Read more.
MAFAP steps up collaboration with Nigerian ministries to strengthen the agrifood policy and climate nexus
14/08/2025
Nigerian policymakers shown how FAO’s Policy Optimization Tool (PolOpT) could help Nigeria to maximize socioeconomic and environmental wins from federal spending.
Publications
Nigeria food and agriculture policy monitoring review on federal public spending on food and agriculture and on price incentives for key country commodities
31/07/2025
This policy-monitoring review analyses Nigeria's public spending on food and agriculture (from 2015 to 2021) and on and price incentives for key food-security...
Contacts
Manson Nwafor, PhD
Economist and Focal Point for Nigeria
National partners
- Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Food Security
- Federal Ministry of Finance, Budget and National Planning
- Central Bank of Nigeria
- National Bureau of Statistics
- Office of the Accountant-General of the Federation
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