Nigeria and other African nations have called for urgent global cooperation to tackle food insecurity and climate-related agricultural challenges.
The continent’s leaders spoke in unison yesterday as world leaders gathered for the opening of the United Nations Food Systems Summit Stocktake (UNFSS+4) in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
Addressing the high-level session, Vice President Kashim Shettima announced that Nigeria was deploying modern technologies, including Artificial Intelligence (AI), geospatial analytics, and satellite-driven climate intelligence, to scale up agricultural productivity and end hunger across the nation.
In a statement in Abuja by the Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Communications in the Office of the Vice President, Stanley Nkwocha, VP Shettima said: “We are deploying these tools to monitor production, enhance transparency, connect producers to markets, and reduce waste across the value chain.”
Shettima stressed that food insecurity is no longer a distant concern but a shared global challenge.
The Vice President urged all nations to embrace bold solutions that uphold human dignity.
“A broken food system in any part of the world diminishes the dignity of humanity as a whole. Let us rise with a shared purpose. Let us build a world where no child sleeps on an empty stomach, where no farmer is forgotten, and where food is not a luxury but a human right,” he said.
Shettima also said the country was not only investing in innovation but also implementing systemic reforms to strengthen agro-industrialisation and inclusive growth.
The Vice President cited the National Food Systems Transformation Pathway as a central pillar of Nigeria’s efforts, with targeted investments in rural infrastructure and human capital.