To increase dietary diversity with availability, accessibility and affordability of nutritious indigenous foods, upholding Africa’s food sovereignty which will ensure greater sustainability and resilience of broader socio-economic system.

• We uphold indigenous food sovereignty
• We nurture gender and social inclusion
• We foster community engagement in all facets of development
• We promote nature-positive food production

Nigeria’s population is growing exponentially over the years with too many mouths to feed, by 2050. Crop yields are estimated to decrease by 10% due to land degradation, climate change and conflict. Smallholder farmers and Small-Scale fishers produce more than 60% of the food we consume. The changing socio-economic environment and a fast-growing population facing emerging threats of terrorism, economic crisis, dwindling donor support and climate change.Inflation and COVID 19 pandemic has impacted negatively on the engagements and development agenda in the country, profoundly marginalizing the poorest and most vulnerable communities. Indigenous Foods contributes greatly to food security and poverty reduction. Village Farmers Initiative (VFI) integrates a dynamic approach in the management of agro-biodiversity on- farm and in the wild to co-develop solutions in breeding, production and adaptation for both traditional and modern varieties of crops and fish species.