Stakeholders in the agriculture sector have called for the development of relevant strategies, particularly, communication as well as climate adaptation and resilience strategies to support the National Livestock Transformation Plan (NLTP).
They spoke in a communique at the end of a two-day summit on NLTP organised by Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development in collaboration with Agriculture Correspondents of Nigeria (ACAN) in Abuja.
According to the communique, there should be greater engagement with the private sector on the huge economic potential of NLTP to attract greater investment.
This, it said, would require development of NLTP business cases as a tool of engagement.
It urged the Federal Government to review the implementation elements of the NLTP with clear delineation of roles and responsibilities among key stakeholders as well as provision of funding and resource mobilisation for the programme.
Furthermore, it called on the ministry to establish a coordination platform to promote greater synergy, interaction, collaboration and learning among NLTP implementing stakeholders.
It said: “The Federal Government should revive and strengthen local governance structures, principles, approaches and natural resources management protocols for resolving conflicts in support of the NLTP.
“There should be greater engagement with the private sector on the huge economic potential of NLTP with the aim of attracting greater investment. This would require the development of NLTP Business Case(s) as a primary tool of engagement”.