Nigeria partners Morocco to build a national agricultural intelligence system for real-time crop monitoring and stronger food security planning.
Nigeria has dispatched a high-level delegation to Morocco to formalise a partnership to develop the nation’s first National Agro-Productivity System.
The team is led by the Deputy Chief of Staff to the President (in the Office of the Vice President), Senator Ibrahim Hadejia, who is representing Chairperson of the Presidential Food Systems Coordinating Unit (PFSCU), Vice President Kashim Shettima.
This was disclosed in a statement titled ‘Federal Government Launches Strategic Partnership to Strengthen Nigeria’s National Agricultural Intelligence Capability,’ issued on Wednesday by the Technical Assistant on Agriculture to the President (Office of the VP), Marion Moon.
Moon, who doubles as Executive Secretary of the PFSCU, revealed that the shared geospatial intelligence platform will give federal, state and local governments real-time data on crop location, land availability, yield projections and food security threats nationwide.
According to her, Hadejia will sign the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between the PFSCU, OCP Africa and Ground Truth Analytics on Friday, July 17, 2026.
The PFSCU scribe also noted that the initiative marks a shift in how the country approached agricultural planning.
Her words: “The future of agriculture depends not only on improved inputs, but equally on stronger intelligence.
“Through this partnership, Nigeria is strengthening the institutional capabilities needed to plan better, respond faster, and make more informed decisions.
“It also reflects the Federal Government’s commitment to stronger coordination, recognising that sustainable development is accelerated when institutions work together around shared national priorities.
“The National Agro-Productivity System will be coordinated by the PFSCU under the National Agribusiness Policy Mechanism approved by the National Council on Agriculture and Food Security.”
The initiative, Moon explained, “will provide Government with timely insights on agricultural land availability, crop location, crop performance, growth stages and expected yield outcomes, strengthening production planning, food security monitoring, agribusiness investment, early warning, and policy development.”
Phase One of the initiative will comprise a six-month pilot across three states, focusing on localisation of the technology through dataset calibration, ground-truthing and national capacity building.
The pilot will establish the technical and institutional foundations needed before the system is rolled out nationwide, Moon added.
“The visit will also provide an opportunity for the Nigerian delegation to undertake technical engagements and
institutional visits that will strengthen national capacity and support implementation of the pilot,” she further explained.
