Agricultural cooperation between Nigeria and the Netherlands is increasing. The development of the vegetable, potato and seed sectors has high priority as they are key sources of income and nutrition. Feeding the increasing population and becoming less dependent on oil revenues are key challenges for Nigeria. The agricultural cooperation and development between the Netherlands and Nigeria is increasing and the Netherlands Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MoFA) aspires to enhance its trade and investment programme in support of the agri-food sector of Nigeria.Lack of good quality seeds is a key focus of this increased cooperation as it is considered a constraint to agricultural development in Nigeria. The Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Dutch Ministry of Agriculture, Nature and Food Quality intend to develop a four-year integrated programme on vegetable, potato and seed sector development, concentrating in the first instance on Kaduna, Kano and Plateau States. These sectors are considered a high priority to the development of vegetable and potato cultivation and value chain development, both for improving earning and employment opportunities of farmer families and improving nutrition.This report provides an overview of the vegetable, potato and seed sectors in Nigeria to inform the discussion on the design of the programme to support the horticultural sector in Nigeria. The overview is based on a combination of desk research, stakeholder interviews and a field visit. The first findings were discussed and validated during a two-week mission in Nigeria in September 2019. The report has been updated with the information and insights of this mission. Also SWOT analyses were conducted on the potato and vegetable sectors and actual seed prices of various suppliers and retail prices of the main vegetables were collected.
Report WPR-838 | 5 Consumers Knowledge institutions Consumers in urbanised areas in China Middle-class consumers in India Rural consumers of Ethiopia Nigerian rural and urban consumers Tanzanian vegetable consumers Flatfish consumers in the EU Wageningen Institutes (WLR, WMR, WPR, WFBR, WCDI, WEcR) KIT Royal Tropical Institute Research institutes in China University researchers in Ethiopia Economic Environmental Social Low production, post-harvest losses (Ethiopia, China, Tanzania, India) Water pollution (Galapagos), water scarcity (Ethiopia, Nigeria)
Key findings and lessons from Dutch publicly funded horticulture initiatives in low-and middle-income countries; Valuable Vegetables Synthesis Paper. Wageningen Centre for Development Innovation, Wageningen University & Research. Report WCDI-20-115. Wageningen. This synthesis paper was commissioned by the Food & Business Knowledge Platform in the context of the Valuable Vegetables learning initiative, which is a collaboration between AgriProFocus and the Dutch Ministries of Foreign Affairs and Agriculture, Nature and Food Quality. The synthesis paper provides an inventory of Dutch publicly funded horticulture sector initiatives since 2009. Then, using a quick analysis of eight representative horticultural projects, it summarizes key findings and formulates general lessons learned from these horticulture sector programmes, projects and collaborations in lowand middle-income countries. This synthesis study is intended to serve as background and input for future Valuable Vegetables learning activities, supporting its overall objective: To learn from ongoing and completed programmes in the horticulture sector and to communicate the lessons learned with the wider food and nutrition security network, in order to both improve and innovate in approaches, practices and policies and to contribute to food and nutrition security.
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