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The wheat value chain development event is part of the organisation’s
wheat value chain intervention programmes targeted at helping the Federal
Government achieve its national food security, food production self-sufficiency
and employment generation agenda. As the country grapples with galloping staple
food prices and as consumers contend with shrinking income levels and
purchasing power, the wheat value chain event is aimed at galvanizing key
stakeholders and stimulating useful discourse that will proffer suitable,
actionable and measurable solutions to the national wheat production challenge
and self-sufficiency aspiration.
Speaking about the upcoming event, Ashish Pande, the Managing
Director of Crown Flour Mill Limited, said, “Olam is committed to helping
Nigeria achieve food production self-sufficiency in the agricultural sector.
The second edition of the webinar is coming on the heels of an extensive
research that culminated in the launch of our N300 million (US $750,000)
10-year community-based seed enterprises project aimed at fostering Nigeria’s
wheat production capabilities.”
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He added: “By focusing conversations on critical areas of
research, development of suitable seed varieties and strategic partnerships, it
is possible to accelerate the local wheat production capacity and remove the
bottlenecks in local production."
Speaking further, Pande stated: "The move is critical at
this moment as the efforts will ultimately strengthen the nation’s food
security position, sustain the creation of jobs by the wheat value chain and
help achieve the targeted agriculture-led economic development agenda of the
Federal Government.”
The CFM boss said the webinar is going to deep-dive into crucial
developmental issues to generate suitable solutions from a host of experienced
guest speakers and panellists.
The special guest for the webinar series is Muhammad Abubakar, The
Honourable Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development while the keynote
speaker is Tiberio Chiari who is the former
manager of the Agricultural Value Chains Programme in Oromia, Ethiopia (the
overarching Ethio-Italian development cooperation programme). Ethiopia is a country regarded as the centre of
diversity for durum wheat in Africa and so, the country’s learnings and
experiences will be invaluable to Nigeria. Sall Amadou Tidiane, a Senior
Scientist, Senegalese Institute for Agricultural Research (ISRA), is a guest speaker.
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The event panelists include Mr Stephen Ambore, Wheat Champion,
Central Bank of Nigeria; Alhaji Munir Babba Dan Agundi, Chairman, House Committee
on Agricultural Colleges and Institutions, Nigeria’s House of Representatives;
Mrs Karima Babangida, Director, Federal Department of Agriculture, Federal Ministry
of Agriculture and Rural Development (FMARD); Alhaji Salim Saleh Muhammad,
National President, Wheat Farmers Association of Nigeria (WFAN); Sarah Hubber,
Head of Wheat Development Programme, Flour Milling Association of Nigeria
(FMAN) and Dr Alhassan Bibinu, Executive Director, Lake Chad Research Institute
(LCRI). Others are Dr Zakari Turaki, Director of Research, LCRI; Dr Kachalla
Kyari Mala, Project Lead Researcher/ Principal Research Officer, LCRI; and Dr
Filippo Bassi, Project Scientist/ Senior Scientist, International Centre for
Agricultural Research in Dry Areas (ICARDA).
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