Agric minister wins Forbes award

A statement by the Acting Director of Press, Greyne Anosike, said that Adesina was nominated for his reforms in Nigeria’s agriculture sector and the empowering of more than six million farmers across Nigeria to embrace agriculture as a business.“I am truly honoured and humbled by this prestigious award, which I dedicate to Africa’s farmers and […]

A statement by the Acting Director of Press, Greyne Anosike, said that Adesina was nominated for his reforms in Nigeria’s agriculture sector and the empowering of more than six million farmers across Nigeria to embrace agriculture as a business.
“I am truly honoured and humbled by this prestigious award, which I dedicate to Africa’s farmers and the new cadre of young business entrepreneurs who have discovered the hidden gem for sustainable wealth creation on our continent – agriculture.
 “With dwindling oil fortunes, and the end of the telecoms boom, the next big investment frontier is unlocking Africa’s vast agricultural potential to feed the continent and the world,” Adesina said.
“Africa, with our huge potential, cannot be a museum of poverty. My passion is using agricultural business and finance innovations to turn Nigerian and African farmers and agribusinesses into millionaires and billionaires. Nigeria must become a global powerhouse in agriculture,” he said.
According to the statement, Adesina has championed African agriculture for over two decades, defending the poor and helping several African countries to develop innovative solutions for reaching millions of farmers with finance, farm inputs and supportive policies.
In recognition of Nigeria’s reforms and progress, global and domestic investors have signed over USD 4 billion of executed letters of investments to boost Nigeria’s agriculture. The World Bank, African Development Bank and other global development finance institutions have put up over USD 2 billion in support of his bold initiatives.