The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) in Nigeria has launched a COVID-19 Food Security Challenge to provide $3 million in grant funding and technical assistance to youth-led and mid-stage companies working in food value chains in Nigeria.
Nigeria is experiencing food insecurity compounded by the COVID-19 global pandemic and its effects on the food value chain. The pandemic has further disrupted the fragile agricultural value
chains, especially smallholder farmers’ ability to produce, process, and distribute food and negatively impact livelihoods, especially among vulnerable households, women, and youth.
USAID Mission Director, Anne Patterson said the assistance encouraged private sector-led solutions to boost food production, processing, and create market linkage along the agriculture value chain in a sustainable way across Nigeria.
“We are launching the COVID-19 Food Security Challenge to help innovative Nigerians alleviate food insecurity”, she said.
In launching the Challenge, USAID seeks commercially viable youth-led and mid-stage companies already working in food production, processing, and distribution.
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