Vice President Kashim Shettima on Monday said Nigeria is deploying artificial intelligence and other advanced technologies to transform its food systems, signaling a shift in the country’s approach to food security at a time when climate shocks, conflicts, and market disruptions are intensifying global hunger.
Speaking at the opening session of the United Nations Food Systems Summit Stocktake (UNFSS+4) in Addis Ababa, Shettima said AI, geospatial analytics, and satellite-driven climate intelligence are now central to Nigeria’s agricultural strategy.
”Artificial intelligence, geospatial analytics, and satellite-driven climate intelligence are now part of our agricultural vocabulary.”
We are deploying these tools to monitor production, enhance transparency, connect producers to markets, and reduce waste across the value chain.
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”Our faith in the capacity of our people remains unshaken. In partnership with the African Development Bank and IFAD, we are investing in Special Agro-Industrial Processing Zones. These hubs are not just places of production. They are engines of transformation.”
He said that they were creating jobs, attracting private capital, and linking rural producers to national and global markets.
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The vice-president added, ” But production is not enough. We believe that a sustainable food system must also be a healthy one.”
The summit, building on the 2021 UN Food Systems Summit and the first stocktake in 2023, is focused on accelerating efforts to create resilient, inclusive, and sustainable food systems. For Nigeria, Shettima noted, food and nutrition security are now at the heart of the National Development Plan 2021–2025 and the Nigeria Agenda 2050.
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