Authors: Professor Moses Shaibu Faruna
Abstract: This paper examines Nigeria’s federal policy framework on organic agriculture, emphasizing its opportunities, challenges, and relevance for food security and sustainability. Organic farming, which avoids synthetic inputs in favour of natural processes, improves soil fertility, reduces costs, promotes health, and enhances resilience to climate change. While demand in Nigeria is driven by health, export, and sustainability concerns, government policies remain focused on conventional farming, offering only limited indirect support. Civil society groups, regional frameworks such as ECOWAP, and state-level initiatives have helped bridge policy gaps. Major national innovations like Joevet Powder Organic Pesticide and Ecofarmsillustrate the potential of local organic solutions in pest management without environmental or health risks. However, adoption remains constrained by high certification costs, weak institutional support, low awareness, and limited market access. The study concludes that organic agriculture offers Nigeria a viable path to sustainable development and global market competitiveness. Realizing this potential requires stronger government commitment, policy reforms, financial and market incentives, and investment in research and capacity building.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.17142355
