Kashim Shettima, Vice President, said, Nigeria is “scaling it’s agricultural drive with Artificial Intelligence to end food insecurity in the country.”
The Nigerian VP made the statement at the United Nations (UN) Food Systems Summit which is currently ongoing in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
Africa needs “concessional finance” to invest in agriculture, rural transformation as Nigeria, the UN, other African nations call for “collective action and determination” to tackle good insecurity in Africa and across the world.
According to the official X account of the VP: “Nigeria and other African nations, as well as the United Nations (@UN), have called for collective action, shared purpose, and determination to combat food insecurity both on the continent and globally.
“According to them, Africa needs predictable, concessional finance to invest in agriculture, rural transformation, infrastructure, and literacy, while climate finance must be aligned with the food system.
“This is just as the Vice President of Nigeria, Senator @KashimSM, said Nigeria is scaling its agricultural drive with modern technology, such as Artificial Intelligence (AI), geospatial analytics, and satellite-driven climate intelligence, to end food insecurity in the country.”
Shettima, who left Abuja for Addis Ababa on Sunday 28 July, 2025, joined fellow African Leaders at the opening session of the Summit.
He said, African leaders must learn to combat climate change and other global challenges that cause food insecurity, which he described as a “shared affliction”.
The VP’s official X account made known: “Senator @KashimSM, who joined other African leaders on Monday at the opening session of the United Nations Food Systems Summit Stocktake (UNFSS+4) in Addis Ababa, the capital of Ethiopia, said the target is to ensure a future anchored in abundance, equity, and human dignity.
“He said that while food insecurity has now become a shared affliction that is no longer taking cover in distant lands, African nations must learn to swim against the tide amid climate change and other global challenges.”
