The Nationwide Council on Agriculture and Meals Safety (NCAFS) has counseled Olam Built-in Feed and Protein (IFP) for its position in advancing Nigeria’s meals system transformation.
The commendation got here through the Council’s annual summit held in Kaduna, the place members reaffirmed their dedication to attaining nationwide meals sovereignty and strengthening the nation’s agricultural sector.
NCAFS, the apex policy-making and coordinating physique for agriculture in Nigeria, contains federal and state ministries of agriculture, improvement companions, analysis establishments and personal sector stakeholders. The Council is driving initiatives aimed toward lowering reliance on meals imports and guaranteeing nationwide entry to protected and nutritious meals.
As a part of the summit actions, the Minister of Agriculture, Senator Abubakar Kyari; Minister of State for Agriculture, Senator Aliyu Sabi Abdullah; Everlasting Secretary of the Federal Ministry of Agriculture, Dr. Marcus Olaniyi Ogunbiyi; and all 36 state Commissioners of Agriculture visited Olam’s IFP facility in Kaduna on November 5, 2025.
The go to was to acknowledge Olam’s contribution to agricultural development by means of its operations throughout the worth chain, together with feed milling, poultry manufacturing, rice processing, grain buying and selling and animal protein improvement.
Amit Agarwal, Olam Agri’s IFP Enterprise Head, led the delegation on a tour of the power and briefed them on its operational capability, structure and future development plans.
The Council praised Olam’s dedication to innovation and sustainability, describing the corporate as a mannequin for efficient non-public sector participation in strengthening Nigeria’s meals programs.
The engagement additionally strengthened NCAFS’s dedication to selling public-private partnerships to spice up agricultural improvement and improve meals safety throughout the nation.
