Repositioning The Agricultural Sector For Economic Growth
webinar

More than ever before, there is need for the diversification of Nigeria’s economy. This necessity has been highlighted by the COVID-19 pandemic.
As as 2020, over 70% of Nigerians are engaged in agriculture. Nigeria is reported to have over 84 million hectares of fertile land, albeit, only 41% of Nigerian land is being cultivated. According to FAO, over 72% of Nigerian smallholders live below $1.9 a day.
In June 2020, the Federal Executive Council (FEC) approved Nigeria Economic Sustainability Development (NESP) with a primary objective of responding robustly and appropriately to challenges posed by the COVID-19 pandemic. Agriculture was most interestingly named as the first key project that will be used to stimulate and sustain our economy. According to the report, it will be through “A massive agricultural programme, that is expected to bring between 20,000 and 100,000 hectares of new farmland under cultivation in every state, as well as support offtake and agro-processing, with low-interest credit in order to create millions of direct and indirect job opportunities.

This webinar will shed light on challenges MSMEs in agriculture are facing, opportunities in agribusiness, and highlights of the agricultural plan and how MSMEs can position themselves to key into the plan.

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Dr Andrew Kwasari
panelist

SSA to The President, Federal Republic Of Nigeria on agriculture.
He holds a doctor’s degree in veterinary medicine from University of Maiduguri.
His professional experience spans the public and private sectors, starting off as a desk officer for International Trade Certification of Livestock and Livestock Commodities from 2006-2009 before joining the private sector.
He worked with a group of multinational corporations in Europe and USA from 2010-2015 on turnkey agriculture project development, deployment, financing and management.

He returned to the public sector as the Senior Technical Adviser on policy and project management to the Honourable Minister of agriculture and rural development from January 2016 to December 2017; responsible for formulating the Agriculture Promotion Policy (APP) as well as the development of the Nigeria-Brazil bilateral agriculture development programme, the green imperative which seeks to modernize agriculture practices by linking private sector-led mechanization and agro processing with smallholder farmers.
From December 2017 to May 2019 he served as the Senior Technical Adviser to the Vice President on agriculture interventions coordination responsible for the secretariat of the national economic council subcommittee on farmer-herder crisis that produced the 10 year national livestock transformation plan strategy to holistically address the farmer-herder conflicts in Nigeria.

Kate Pam
moderator

Business consultant and social entrepreneur.
John Maxwell certified speaker, trainer and coach.
CEO of The Stalwart Group.
Certified international manager and an associate of both the Nigerian Institute of Management(NIM) and Institute of Capital Market Registers(ICMR).
Member of the Project Management Institute (PMI) and the Nigerian Institute of Training & Development (NITAD).
Fellow of the Institute of Management Consultants.
CMD Certified.

Kate’s Professional Experience

Client relationship manager, Century Group, Nigeria.
Head of business development at Nexia, Nigeria.
Learning support assistant for special education needs (SEN) students at Shooters Hill College, London, Uk.
Associate project manager & PMO coordinator, ICT with Dollar Financial Corporation, Nottingham, UK.
Head of wealth management with North Bridge Investments & Trusts Ltd, Abuja.
Business development executive at BGL Plc in Port Harcourt, Nigeria.