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Nigeria’s 2026 agriculture budget is riddled with duplicated and irrelevant projects, raising concerns among experts over its credibility and ability to tackle food insecurity.
Despite the significant increase in the agricultural budget by 69.5 percent, from N826 billion proposed in the 2025 appropriation bill to N1.4 trillion in 2026, Nigeria’s goal of securing its food systems continues to face a familiar contradiction, with funds allocated for agriculture likely not to reach farms, further deepening food crisis in the country, experts
Nigeria’s 2026 agriculture budget is riddled with duplicated and irrelevant projects, raising concerns among experts over its credibility and ability to tackle food insecurity.
Despite the significant increase in the agricultural budget by 69.5 percent, from N826 billion proposed in the 2025 appropriation bill to N1.4 trillion in 2026, Nigeria’s goal of securing its food systems continues to face a familiar contradiction, with funds allocated for agriculture likely not to reach farms, further deepening food crisis in the country, experts
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