The 19th Nigerian
Economic Summit was held between September 3-5, 2013, at Transcorp Hilton,
Abuja. The central theme of the summit was Growing
Agriculture as a Business to Diversify Nigeria’s Economy. The summit was
used as a platform to evaluate the Agricultural Transformation Agenda of the
federal government with the aim of ensuring that its potential translates into
job creation, food security, social security and economic diversification. All
the specific sectorial indicators that can crystallize the expected change were
extensively considered with the following critical outcomes: