Developed as a Joint venture with various partners, the AMIS project is maintained by Department of Agribusiness and Market Development with the core mandate to develop agricultural market infrastructure and improve access to markets.
Our vision is to contribute to the transformation agenda of the agricultural sector into a strong generator of income, employment and wealth creation, with a more efficient, effective, and inclusive policy process.
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1966
The Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (FMARD) is created and tasked with the responsibility of optimizing agriculture and integrating rural development for the transformation of the Nigerian economy, with a view to attaining food security and positioning Nigeria as a net food exporter for socio-economic development.
1979
Agriculture contributed to over 76% of the GDP of Nigeria. Nigeria boosted the Rice Mills of Benue in the Northern Region, the Groundnut pyramid of kano in the Northern Region, and the Cocoa houses of Ibadan in the Western Region
2016
The AgriBusiness and Market Development (ABM) Department of the Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (FMARD) is created and tasked with the responsibility of promoting agricultural investment through a one-stop agribusiness resource centre.
2018
The AgriBusiness and Market Development (ABM) Department launches the new and improved version of its Agriculture Management Information System; a data collection and analysis system focused on core agricultural comodities.
The Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Chief Audu Ogbeh has on behalf of the Federal Government of Nigeria commissioned and handed over some erosion flood/control and rural road improvement projects in some Local Government Areas of Gombe State.
The Hon. Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development on Thursday, May 10, 2018, launched the S.M.A.R.T Model Farm mechanization site, an integrated mechanization solutions project in partnership with Global Agricultural equipment manufacturers and the Nigerian Agricultural Mechanization & Equipment Leasing Company.
Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Chief Audu Ogbeh on Monday 8th August, 2018 at Makasauro village in Katsina State performed the flagg- off Ceremony of erosion prone, farm connected market roads and rehabilitation of degraded rangeland, cutting across 7 states in the Savannah Belt of the country.
The Federal Government has identified Ogun State as one of the key partners in the growth of fisheries in Nigeria. Minister of State for Agriculture and Rural Development, Senator Heineken Lokpobiri who made this assertion when he commissioned four projects built by his ministry in Eriwe, Ijebu-Ode.
"The AMIS platform offers unique informational opportunities for investors, vendors, and farmers in the Agricultural value chain to obtain current real time actionable data to aid their operations"
"AMIS has afforded the Nigerian AgriBusiness investors ample opportunities to maximize their ROI. It is my desire that AgriBusiness investors should make use of the platform"
