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Policies for Building Resilience for Food and Nutritional Security

Author: Adesina, Akinwumi , 2013
Type: Conceptual (definitions and frameworks)
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Speech delivered by Akinwumi Adesina, Minister of Agriculture, Nigeria at the Brussels Policy Briefing on ‘Agricultural resilience in the face of crises and shocks’, Brussels, 04 March 2013.

The speech covers six policy areas for improving resilience, based on experiences in Nigeria: access to affordable agricultural inputs, access to financial services, building capacity to predict shocks to inform risk management, encourage drought tolerant crops, improved water management and social safety net policies.