Flour Mills begins effort to revitalise food production in Nigeria

AS part of efforts geared towards increasing food production in the country, Flour Mills of Nigeria Plc, a Nigerian integrated food and agro-allied group and owners of food brand, ‘Golden Penny,’ has commenced its social impact campaign to encourage and foster innovation within the food systems in the country.

The campaign tagged: “FMN Prize for Innovation,” is designed to inspire and revitalise food production in the country and ultimately contribute to attaining the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.

Each year, the prize will focus on a different element of the food value chain to generate new and imaginative ways of thinking and encourage novel solutions to established problems.

According to the Director of Group Strategy & Stakeholder Relations, Flour Mills, Sadiq Usman, operators within the food systems, including all activities in the value chain that covers feeding and nourishing people, from growing, harvesting, packaging, processing, transporting, and marketing, have been called upon to send in their applications for the prize with the prospects of winning the star prize of N3 million.

Usman further stated that: “A significant number of the challenges facing the food systems in Nigeria today, including low productivity due to damaged crops, limited access to agricultural value chains, and food loss or wastage, can be solved by creative thinking and the right investment in innovation. And that is where companies like ours come in.

“The prize for innovation is another way of demonstrating FMN’s commitment to enriching lives and empowering commitment by investing in not just the development of the food value chain but in capacity development and access to resources.”

Chief Executive Officer and founder of Tomato Jos Farming and Processing Limited, Mira Mehta, Chief Executive Officer, Fate Foundation, renowned for enabling aspiring and emerging entrepreneurs in Nigeria, Adenike Adeyemi, a private equity investment advisor, Mezuo O. Nwuneli, and Director of Strategy & Stakeholder Relationship for Flour Mills, Sadiq Usman, will judge the FMN Prize for Innovation.

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