The state of agriculture is one of the clearest signs of underdevelopment in Nigeria today. About 82 million hectares or 40% of land in Nigeria is arable. This constitutes about 14% of the 600 million hectares of arable land in Africa, close to 10% of the global total. Yet, Nigeria has lived with the paradox of hunger in the midst of plenty; and food security remains a mirage for most of its citizens.
. Data from the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) continues to show massive importation of food, especially rice, wheat, sugar and fish, with the four items accounting for a whopping N1 trillion loss to the nation annually. It is estimated that Nigeria has about $22 billion food import substitution bill, which is threatening the sustainability of food security and the nation’s foreign exchange earnings.

Sustainable agricultural productivity and use of renewable natural resources for economic development and well-being of Nigerians in a new, credible and stable political order.