Vision and mission and background NFRA.pptx

Vision and mission and background NFRA

1. NFRA BACKGROUND The National Food Reserve Agency (NFRA) is a Parastatal of the Federal Ministry of Agriculture & Water Resources (FMAWR). NFRA was set up to address key issues and constraints relating to agricultural production, processing, storage and marketing. NFRA emanated from the merger of the following former departments/divisions of the FMAWR: - Projects Coordinating Unit (PCU), Strategic Grains Reserve (SGR), Fertilizer department, Cooperatives department, and FDA’s Engineering / Mechanization and Post -Harvest Technology divisions. 2

2. NFRA VISION To ensure sustainable access, availability and affordability of quality food to all Nigerians and for Nigeria to become a significant net provider of food to the global community 3