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Agriculture in Nigeria is a branch of the economy in Nigeria, providing employment for about 30% of the population as of 2010. The sector is being transformed by commercialization at the small, medium and large-scale enterprise levels.〔Olomola Ade S. (2007) “Strategies for Managing the Opportunities and Challenges of the Current Agricultural Commodity Booms in SSA” in Seminar Papers on Managing Commodity Booms in Sub-Saharan Africa: A Publication of the AERC Senior Policy Seminar IX. African Economic Research Consortium (AERC), Nairobi, Kenya〕 The government office responsible for Agriculture is currently the Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development. Primarily funded by the Federal Government, the Ministry currently superintends almost fifty parastatals operating as either key departments or agencies across the country. The Ministry has 2 major departments namely Technical and Service Departments. Technical Departments: Agriculture (Trees and Crops), Fisheries, Livestock, Land Resources, Fertilizer, Food Reserve & Storage and Rural Development. Service Departments: Finance, Human Resources, Procurement, PPAS (Plan, Policy, Analysis & Statistics) and Co-operatives The ministry is headed by Honourable Minister Chief Audu Ogbeh appointed by President Muhammad Buhari on 12 November 2015, succeeding Dr. Akinwumi Adesina who was elected to head Africa Development Bank. Buhari also appointed the Minister of State for Agriculture, Heineken Lokpobiri, and the Permanent Secretary, Dr. Shehu Ahmad under the newly created Ministry of Agriculture And Rural Development.〔http://punchng.com/well-reduce-nigerias-32bn-food-import-bill-ogbeh/〕 Dr. Adesina is a distinguished agricultural development expert with 24 years of experience in developing and managing successful agricultural programmes across Africa. He graduated with bachelor's degree in Agricultural Economics with First Class Honours from the University of Ife, Nigeria (1981), where he was the first student to be awarded this distinction by the University. He obtained his PhD degree in Agricultural Economics in 1988 from Purdue University, USA, where he won the Outstanding PhD Thesis for his research work ==Policies== FMARD Policies (disbanded) This section contains the Policies and legislation for transformation and also Key policies for success by the Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development. The following policies below are highlighted. Fiscal Policies Domestic Content for Food (Enabling Legislations) Industrial Policies Financial Service Policies Agricultural Policies Fiscal Policies Zero tariffs (custom, excise and value added) for import of agricultural equipment and agro-processing equipment Tax holidays for investors putting processing plants in staple crop processing zones Increase tariff on any commodity that Nigeria can produce (rice, starch, sugar, wheat etc.) to promote domestic production and local content Current policy on import levy of 5% for brown rice and 30% for polished milled rice, and 5% on raw sugar and 10% on starches should be increased and revenue used to support domestic production Supportive incentives for investors for blending plants for ethanol Domestic Content for Food (Enabling Legislations) 10% Cassava Flour substitution for bread wheat flour Blending 10% ethanol with petrol. Industrial Policies Move gradually away from fertilizer consumption subsidies to support for local fertilizer manufacturing leveraging the gas industrialization policy (e.g., Nagajuna 1.4 mil MT plant) Financial Service Policies Incentives for access of farmers to weather index insurance Remove the current monopoly on agricultural insurance by the National Agricultural Insurance Company and liberalize to allow private sector insurance companies Agricultural Policies Liberalize foundation seed policy to allow private sector to commercialize seeds Eliminate government distribution of fertilizers and replace with private sector distribution Move away from a flat fertilizer price subsidy to targeted support to small holder farmers Incentives to engage young commercial farmers for farming as a business Development of Agribusiness Entrepreneurship Centers Farm skill acquisition centers Access to land and finance Create institutions to support the agricultural transformation agenda Marketing Corporations, to replace marketing boards Transform the Agricultural Research Council (ARCN) to a National Agricultural Transformation Agency like EMPRAPA that transformed Brazilian agriculture Guaranteed minimum price for food crops to stabilize prices Revise the Land Use Act to enable easier access to land for investors Rapid expansion in irrigation facilities and revamping of existing ones 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Agriculture in Nigeria」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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