International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) in conjunction with the Federal Government has reiterated the need to leverage food system to end poverty and achieve the Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) by 2030.
The National Agrobusiness Promotion Coordinator of Livelihood Improvement Family Enterprises, Niger Delta (LIFE-ND), Mrs. Anthonia Ezenwa, disclosed this at the Rural Community Stakeholders Food Systems Dialogue in Ondo State.
She noted that food systems become important because it is the bane of significant challenges faced by the people in respect of diet-driven ill health, environmental damages, poverty and unemployment. x
LIFE-ND, which was mainly sponsored by IFAD in Ondo State, organised the meeting for 40 participants in one of the 100 communities chosen for the programme in Bolorunduro Community, Akure North Local Council Area.