LAGOS, NIGERIA — The Nigerian government has launched a Postharvest Systems Transformation program aimed at creating a postharvest handling and storage system that reduces losses, enhances incomes and provides food security. Abubakar Kyari, minister of agriculture and food security, said the program would stabilize food prices, ensure availability, accessibility, affordability of stable food, improve storage system as well as achieve national food sovereignty. The minister spoke at the Nigeria Legacy Program, organized by the Africa Food Systems Forum in Partnership with the Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa (AGRA), in Dakar, Senegal. The program will include household storage technologies, community-level warehouses, cold rooms and strategic national silos managed through public-private partnerships. Kyari called for stronger international collaboration, stressing that transforming postharvest systems will secure farmer livelihoods, revive agribusiness confidence, and position Nigeria as a leading food supplier in West Africa.