NAFN invitations authorities, personal sector, farmers to 2026 agric present

The National Agricultural Foundation of Nigeria (NAFN) has invited the federal authorities, personal sector and farmers to take part actively within the 2026 National Agricultural Show, scheduled to carry from Monday, sixteenth to Friday, twentieth November, 2026, on the National Agricultural Showground, Km 28, Keffi–Abuja Expressway, Tudun Wada, Karu Local Government Area, Nasarawa State.

The National Coordinator of NAFN, Hajiya Aishatu Rufa’I Ibrahim, in a press release on Thursday in Abuja stated the 2026 version is themed: “Building a resilient Nigerian Agrifood system: Empowering Farmers, Mobilizing Investment and Driving Innovation for Food Security and Shared Prosperity.”

She acknowledged that the Minister of Agriculture and Food Security, Senator Abubakar Kyari, will function the Special Guest of Honour on the opening ceremony scheduled for Tuesday, seventeenth November, 2026.

According to her, the annual National Agricultural Show stays a premier nationwide platform for showcasing agricultural improvements, applied sciences, merchandise, funding alternatives and sensible options to the challenges confronting Nigeria’s agricultural and meals methods.

“This yr’s version is especially important in opposition to the backdrop of rising issues over meals safety, rising manufacturing prices, local weather change, restricted entry to finance, insufficient mechanization and the necessity to strengthen agricultural worth chains. It will present a chance for stakeholders to alternate information, set up strategic partnerships, discover funding alternatives and promote insurance policies that can remodel Nigeria’s agricultural sector.

“NAFN therefore calls on federal and state ministries, departments and agencies (MDAs), local government areas, the organised private sector, financial institutions, development partners, agricultural research institutions, agribusiness investors, farmers’ associations, cooperatives, smallholder and commercial farmers, as well as other stakeholders, to actively participate in the five-day event,” she famous.