The Honorable Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development of the Federal Government of Nigeria articulated the need for the Agricultural Transformation Agenda to unlock Nigeria’s potential to improve availability and access to nutritious foods in order to improve food and nutrition security through agriculture. As a result, a National Capacity Building Workshop on Mainstreaming Food and Nutrition Security into Agricultural Policies, Programmes and Value Chains was held in Abuja in August 2014.
IFPRI-Nigeria welcomes Dr. George Mavrotas as Program Leader
The Nigeria Strategy Support Program (NSSP) of the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) is pleased to announce the appointment of a new Program Leader, Dr. George Mavrotas. Dr. Mavrotas has a dual appointment as a Senior Research Fellow with the Development Strategy and Governance Division of IFPRI in Washington DC and as the Program Leader of the NSSP.
