Medium-Term Development Policy
Framework (MTDPF)
ACCELERATED AGRICULTURAL MODERNISATION
AND
SUSTAINABLE NATURAL RESOURCE
MANAGEMENT
BRIEF PRESENTATION
By
Dr. David Obu Andah
(GoG Convener)
THEMATIC GOAL
To achieve a dynamic and
environmentally sustainable,
production-driven economy
based on active and
equitable public-private
partnerships consistent with
current sectoral and regional
development initiatives
ACCELERATED MODERNISATION
OF AGRICULTURE
INTRODUCTION
The main focus of agricultural development policy
over the medium term will be to:
1. Accelerate the modernisation of agriculture to
enhance its efficiency in food security and
emergency preparedness
2. Generate employment (especially for the youth)
3. Increase export earnings, and strengthen its
linkages with agro-industrial development
through the provision of agricultural raw
materials for value addition
POLICY OBJECTIVES – AGRIC
• Improved agricultural productivity
– Promote agricultural mechanisation
– Improve science and technology
application
– Promote seed development
– Increase access to extension services
and agricultural education
• Increased agricultural competitiveness and
enhanced integration into domestic and
international markets
– Improve post-production management
– Development of domestic market
– Development of agricultural exports
POLICY OBJECTIVES – AGRIC
• Reduced production and distribution risks/
bottlenecks in agriculture and industry
– Promote irrigation development
– Improve agricultural financing
– Promote sustainable management of land and
environment
• Promote selected crop development for food
security, export and industry
– Staple crops (e.g. maize, millet, rice, cassava,
yam, cowpea)
– Horticulture crops (e.g. mangoes, pineapples
and bananas)
– Cash crops (e.g. cocoa, dawadawa, shea-nut,
cotton, oil palm, rubber)
POLICY OBJECTIVES - AGRIC
• Promote livestock and poultry development
– Research into large scale breeding and production of (e.g.
guinea fowls, cattle, sheep, and goat)
– Support large scale cultivation of maize and soya-beans
for the formulation of animal feed
– Improve the dispensation of animal health services
– Strengthen the enforcement of quarantine regulation on
livestock movement including those herded by Fulanis
• Promote Fisheries development
– Marine: Expand landing sites and related infrastructure
– Inland fishing and aquaculture: Promote private sector
investments in scientific breeding and production
• Improved institutional coordination for agricultural
development
– Strengthen the intra-sectorial and inter-ministerial
coordination in planning
– Create framework for synergy among development
projects
SUSTAINABLE NATURAL RESOURCE
MANAGEMENT
INTRODUCTION
The main goal is the integration of the
principles of sustainable development
into national development policies and
programmes.
POLICY OBJECTIVES – NR
• Adapt to the Impacts and Reduce Vulnerability to Climate
Variability and Change
– Increase resilience to climate change impacts through:
early warning system; agricultural diversity; improved
access to healthcare; enhanced research and awareness
creation; alternative livelihood for the poor and vulnerable;
enhanced fisheries resource management; and water
resource management
• Mitigate the Impacts of Climate Variability and Change
– Promote: energy efficiency; energy-efficient
transportation; and sustainable forest management
–
• Use Low Carbon Growth (LCG) as a specific approach to
integrate the link between climate and development
– Develop a long-term national LCG approach based on a
clear scientific and economic assessment
– Identify the technical, human and financial capacity
needed to achieve long term Low Carbon Growth
POLICY OBJECTIVES – NR
• Maintain and enhance protected area systems
– Provide alternative livelihood for local people
to reduce pressure on lands adjacent to
protected areas and water bodies
• Strengthen the legal framework on protected
areas
– Empower DAs to enforce Laws on bush fires
– Strengthen the law enforcement unit of the
Wildlife Division
• Curb the loss of biodiversity by the
intensification of safe and sound environmental
practices
– Facilitate the development of relevant sector
biodiversity policies
POLICY OBJECTIVES – NR
• Reverse Land and Natural Resources Degradation Through
Investments
– Encourage reforestation of degraded forest and offreserve areas through the Plantations Development and
Afforestation programmes
– Encourage private investment in commercial forestry
• Encourage appropriate land use
– Enforce national policy to prohibit farming along steep
slopes
– Continue national policy on replanting and rehabilitation
by timber companies
• Invest directly for financing control structures, construction,
technological improvements including appropriate technology
suited to small-scale situations
– Mangrove replanting and planting of other vegetative
cover to delay erosion
– Promote recycling, recovery, re-use and reduction of
waste
POLICY OBJECTIVES – NR
• Promote regulatory or economic incentives (e.g. taxes,
subsidies, charges, licenses) and Improve institutional/policy
reforms for effective coastal resource management
– Implement regulations and fines for illegal mining,
indiscriminate bush burning, mangrove and wetlands
degradation, sand and gravel mining
– Monitor and enforce regulations against inappropriate
fishing methods
• Increase knowledge and awareness of decision-makers and
resource users, for more appropriate management of coastal
resources
– Community participation in safe disposal of sewage and
garbage
– Create public awareness and education to avoid unwise
exploitation, conflicts and pollution of sensitive habitats
• Restore degraded mines
– Vigorously pursue reclamation and plantation development
in areas mined-out by illegal miners
POLICY OBJECTIVES – NR
• Promote sustainable extraction and use of mineral
resources
– Promote actively the countries involvement in the
Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI)
– Develop the salt industry with emphasis on
petrochemical industry, utilizing national salt reserves
and petroleum products
• Build institutional frameworks for sustainable extraction
and management of mineral resources
– Accelerate the formulation of a national mining policy
and ensure the review of the Minerals Development
Fund
• Sustainable use of wetlands and water resources
– Carry out comprehensive wetlands inventory, supported
by research and monitoring
• Adopt Integrated water resources management
– Adopt water resources planning as a cross-cutting
basic component of national economic planning
POLICY OBJECTIVES – NR
• Manage waste, reduce pollution and noise
– Promote the education of the public on the outcome
of improper disposal of waste should be carried out
– Enforcement of all sanitation laws
• Enhance community participation in environmental and
natural resources management
– Encourage local communities to develop a sense of
stewardship over natural resources by soliciting the
support and cooperation of local and traditional
leaders to increase local awareness about
environmental degradation and management issues
• Enhance community Participation in governance and
decision making
– Provide opportunities for local participation that
involves men and women making decisions and
taking action using the natural resource
management process
POLICY OBJECTIVES – NR
• Strengthen and develop local level capacity
to participate in the management and
governance of natural resources
– Provide opportunities for community
members to gain the skills and knowledge
necessary to undertake environmental
management initiatives
• Mitigate and reduce natural disasters and
reduce risks and vulnerability
– Increase capacity of NADMO to deal with
the impacts of natural disasters
– Enforce bye-laws restricting structures in
flood-plains, water-ways, wetlands, etc