Adebowale Akande POLICY SEMINAR Food System Transformations: National Actions in a Globalized World Co-Organized by the CGIAR Research Program on Agriculture for Nutrition and Health (A4NH) and IFPRI NOV 14, 2019 - 12:15 PM TO 01:45 PM EST

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Debo Akande
Senior Scientist, IITA
Country Coordinator CGIAR A4NH FP1-Nigeria
Food System Transformations: National Actions in a Globalized World
14 November, 2019
Washington DC, USA
Food System and Healthier Diet
Nigeria Context

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Outline
•Challenges of Food System and
Healthier Diet in Nigeria
•Opportunities/Risks
•FSHD Dynamics in Nigeria
•Multidimensional approaches and
actors on FSDH
•Possible Innovations going forward

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Challenges of
Food System
and Healthier
Diet in Nigeria
DISJOINTED APPROACH TO
FOOD ECOSYSTEM FROM
PRODUCTION TO MARKET.
RURAL AND URBAN NEXUS:
DISCONNECTED CITIES.
CIRCULAR ECONOMY :
WASTE VS DEGRADED LAND.
FARMING SYSTEM:
SMALLHOLDING &
FRAGMENTATION LAND USE.
FRAGMENTED &
INCOHERENT NATIONAL
AND STATE POLICIES .
LOW AWARENESS &
CAPACITY ON FOOD SYSTEM
DISCOURSE.

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Opportunities
(Risk factors)
• Growing middle class with demand for nutritious food.
• General increase demand for convenience type food.
• Growing urbanization and renewed rural development
policies in some States: deforestation paradox.
• Stronger involvement of private sector even at the
downstream.
• Retail food stores are growing in Nigeria. Gradual
Change in shopping pattern from open market to
supermarket in urban areas
• Agribusiness: Ag-Technical+Business+Management
taking centre stage.
• Growing food processing that demand intermediate
products.

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FSHD Dynamics
in Nigeria
• Changing Diet from natural to processed Vs health
effects (Hidden hunger, Underweight, Obesity - Lagos).
• Impact of regulation and monitoring.
• Consumer preference Foreign Vs Local.
• Lack of commercial supply chain especially for fruits and
vegetable.
• Inadequate modern technology on-farm and off farm.
• On-farm storage is poor.
• Inappropriate traditional processing facilities.
• From Farm to Store : Transportation is a major issue.

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Multi-dimensional approach and
actors on Agri-food chain in Nigeria
(North-South Dichotomy)
Enterprise Level (Private) Micro-Enterprise Small and Medium Enterprise (SME’s) Large Companies
Agri-Food Chain primary
focus
Rural dominated
Downstream
Production/Livestock keeping
Middle-men/ SME
processors/Informal market.
Peri-Urban/Urban
Mid-stream/Upstream
Processing/Packaging/Value addition
Transportation/Aggregation.
Convenience stores/Street Vendors/Kiosk/ raw
materials to Large Companies.
Urban
Upstream
Processing/Transportation/Logistic
Packaging/Nutrition labelling
High end Market/supermarkets
Multi-sectoral
Coordinating Organisations
(Public/Private)
Coordinating level
National /Regional State
Spread
-Farmers and Commodities
Associations.
Low
National /Regional/ State
-SMEDAN / NASME
-Chamber of Commerce and Industry
(Medium)
-SUN Business Network
Medium
Generally National
-Manufacturer Association of
Nigeria
-Nigeria Agribusiness Group
-Chamber of commerce and
industry
-SUN Business Network
High
Primarily National
Members Participation Low Very low Medium
Regulations/ Standard
Policy
Very Low
Ministry
Medium
NAFDAC/SON/Ministries
Very High
NAFDAC/SON/Ministries

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Going
forward
Linking the actors from
farm to market.
Inclusive Business
model/Farm Estate
Model.
Multisectoral approach
to policy development
and interventions.
Development of target
interventions focused
on sub-regional and
state levels.
Innovative Food
distribution system
could be a game
changer.
Rural infrastructure to
support private sector
engagement at down
and mid stream.
Innovation and tech
should be encourage
at all levels.
Incentive for private
sector engagement
(Downstream to
Upstream).
Supporting growth of
rural enterprises.

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FSDH is about the ecosystem of
transferring healthier food from
farm to the table.