Lagos targets 40% food sufficiency The Lagos State Government has unveiled plans to increase food sufficiency from about 20 per cent to 40 per cent of the state’s food demand through a five-year agricultural and food systems roadmap.
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…as BATN Foundation backs farmers By Henry Ojelu The Lagos State Government has unveiled plans to increase food sufficiency from about 20 per cent to 40 per cent of the state’s food demand through a five-year agricultural and food systems roadmap.
Deputy Governor, Dr Kadri Obafemi Hamzat, disclosed this at the 2026 Eko World Food Day celebration, held at the Nigeria Police College, Ikeja, Lagos.
Hamzat, who represented Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu, said the roadmap would focus on agricultural infrastructure, production and processing, human capital development, innovation and farmer support. He identified the planned development of a central food security and logistics hub, middle-level agricultural produce hubs and last-mile distribution networks as key interventions to improve food availability and distribution. The deputy governor commended BATN Foundation and other development partners for supporting the state’s agricultural development agenda, stressing that sustained collaboration was essential to building a resilient, inclusive and sustainable food system. The event, organised in partnership with the Lagos State Ministry of Agriculture and Food Systems, brought together farmers, agripreneurs, financial institutions, corporate organisations, development partners and other stakeholders to discuss practical solutions to food security challenges.
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