He said his administration had taken various decisions including the closure of land borders for two years for the benefit of farmers.
UN humanitarian partners have delivered food and nutrition assistance to no fewer than 26,000 people in the past week in the town of Rann in Borno.
He said fish farmers need to understand the dynamics of pricing their produce in line with operational costs.
The Peoples Democratic Party in Lagos has called on Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu to scrap multiple taxes and levies on food markets to reduce suffering in Lagos
At least seven million livestock died across drought-affected Horn of Africa (HOA) countries.
Mr Abdullahi said the caution was to avoid water pollution and in the interest of the people’s health.
“Agriculture is our hope in the North, and for a while, we saw a lot of delay in implementation of some of these programmes, and so we had to call a meeting.”
This is according to the strategy paper produced by the Wheat Initiative.
The governor said Lagosians also consume 50 per cent of beef produced in the country running into several billions.
The farmers are asking the government to encourage farmers not to lose focus or interest in farming to sustain food production in the country.
