Table 2.

Consideration of access to nutrition within urban development policies in Nigeria

Policy/Strategy/Plan	Considerations of equitable access to nutrition
Explicit policies and plans
1. Nigerian Economic Sustainability Plan, 2020	Mass Agricultural Programme aims to improve local farming and agro-allied activities by adding up to 100,000 ha of new agricultural land to each State. Aim is to ensure food security through improved food production.
2. Special Agro-Industrial Processing Zones (SAPZ), 2020	SAPZ seeks to develop brownfield areas with critical infrastructure for sustainable agricultural outputs. The project will scale up food security in urban cities, and ensure strategic urbanization and economic security
3. National Integrated Infrastructure Master Plan, 2015	The plan prioritizes development of the agriculture sector and investments in staple crop processing zones, agro-industrial parks, and agricultural processing facilities, to contribute to food security
4. National Housing Policy, 2012	A policy strategy which will incorporate micro-enterprises (including agro-allied) ventures into the housing scheme could contribute to improving access to food and nutrition in urban settlements
5. Nigeria Water Sector Road Map, 2011	Key strategic target to be achieved in the medium term in the area of agriculture could indirectly address nutrition
6. The Nigeria Zero Hunger Strategic Plan (2017–2030)	Included in the approaches for achieving SDG 2 are: i) safety nets – cash transfers and school feeding – that provide access to nutritious foods to poor and vulnerable women and their families; and (ii) food/agricultural diversification
7. Nigeria Industrial Revolution Plan, 2014	Aims to maximize benefits from agricultural resources and boost local food production to meet local demands, through mid-stream and downstream procession and marketing activities.
8. National Environmental Sanitation Policy (2005)	Promotion of public health and quality of life, ensuring food sanitation for addressing food security.
9. Economic Recovery and Growth Plan (2017–2020)	Objectives of social inclusion will upscale home grown school feeding programme to provide a meal a day to at least 6 million primary school children. This will also strengthen the agricultural sector towards food security
10. Inclusive Basic Service Delivery and Livelihood Empowerment Integrated programme, 2016	The programme aims to improve access for the poor and vulnerable to food security, among others, within a strengthened safety net system
11. Agricultural Transformation Agenda Support Programme (2013–18)	The project sought to promote food and nutrition security by investing in the agricultural value chain and market linkages. It rehabilitated irrigation canals, crop production schemes, feeder roads & community markets
12. Agricultural Transformation Agenda, 2011	Accelerate achievement of food and nutritional security by re-structuring fertilizer procurement and distribution (towards private sector-led), marketing institutions, financial value chains and agricultural investment framework; and the focus will include youth and women.
13. Gender and Markets Initiative (2017)	Seeks to strengthen involvement of women in food vending for food security and economic empowerment
14. Livelihood Improvement family Enterprise (2016–19)	Promoted community-based on-farm and off-farm business activities along key agricultural value chain as a mechanism for job and wealth creation amongst unemployed youth and women
Implicit policies and plans
15. National Social Protection Policy, 2016 (Draft)	Policy objective is to improve food security and nutrition towards inclusive growth and equality
16. Lagos Megacity Project (2005).	Part of the demands of the projects was the provision of decent markets through infrastructural upgrade.
17. Lagos Metropolitan Development (2007)