The Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Food Security has launched an agricultural value chain project aimed at boosting agricultural production towards achieving food security in the country.

The project, called Value Chain North Project Design Mission, is jointly initiated by the Ministry and the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD). The project to be executed in seven Northern states is to benefit 456,000 farmers.

The Director, Project Coordinating Unit, Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Food Security, Bukar Musa, said during the project in Maiduguri on Thursday, that it would explore all avenues of boosting the agricultural value chain to ensure food security enhanced economy.