Bukola Lasisi
Olam Agri a number one agribusiness throughout meals, feed and fibre worth chains, has partnered with the Lagos Food Bank Initiative (LFBI) to distribute 600 meals containers of spaghetti, macaroni, semolina, and vegetable oil to susceptible households throughout Lagos, Kano, Nasarawa and Kwara to commemorate World Food Day.
Marked each 16 October, World Food Day requires collective motion so that everybody has sufficient protected, nutritious meals. This 12 months’s theme, “Innovate today. Nourish tomorrow,” gave Olam Agri a platform to deepen its dedication to the communities the place it operates.
“The 2026 World Food Day theme reminds us that building resilient food systems requires both innovation and action,” stated Elizabeth Nnoko, Communications Manager, Olam Agri. “Innovation can improve how food is produced, processed and distributed, but its impact is ultimately measured by whether people can access the food they need. That is why we are putting a smile on the faces of local households with food that nourishes.”
For the households, the containers introduced aid, consolation and reassurance within the every day battle to put meals on the desk.
Rose Okereke, a grandmother caring for seven grandchildren, stated: “This intervention will help me feed my seven grandchildren for days. Food brings joy, energy and growth for every human being. Our children will eat healthy meals through this food box.”
Mrs Jadesola Kasali thanked Olam Agri for together with her family, saying the meals would maintain her household for the week. Many different beneficiaries echoed their gratitude and urged different meals companies to comply with go well with with extra corporate-led help for susceptible households.
“We are excited to partner with Olam Agri to serve hundreds of families in several communities,” stated Dr Michael A. Sunbola, President/Executive Director, LFBI. “Olam Agri’s sustained partnership shows the difference responsible corporate engagement can make in addressing food insecurity. The future of food security depends heavily on strong partnerships. For many vulnerable households, essential food items ease immediate pressure and help families direct limited resources to other critical needs. We appreciate Olam Agri’s continued commitment to improving food access in Lagos and beyond.”
Anil Nair, Country Head, Olam Agri Nigeria, stated: “Through our partnership with LFBI, we are bringing essential food staples directly to families who need support. As a food business, our responsibility goes beyond the products we make and the markets we serve. It includes supporting the well-being of the communities around us and a more food-secure Nigeria. This commitment aligns with the Federal Government’s Renewed Hope agenda and the UN Sustainable Development Goal of Zero Hunger.”
The partnership displays the significance of coordinated motion in constructing a extra inclusive and resilient meals ecosystem. While meals aid stays essential for people and households dealing with quick challenges, sustained collaboration, group empowerment and funding in sustainable meals programs are equally vital to attaining lasting progress.
For Olam Agri, the intervention builds on a report of community-focused meals help and wider contributions to meals safety in Nigeria. In 2024, the corporate partnered with the Lagos Food Bank Initiative to distribute 800 meals containers valued at ₦13 million to susceptible residents of Makoko and Ajegunle in Lagos, in addition to flood-affected communities in Maiduguri. The firm additionally sponsored the Eko World Food Day initiative and dedicated to offering boreholes for farming communities in Nasarawa State.
Olam Agri is a market-leading, differentiated meals, feed and fibre agri-business with a world origination footprint, processing capabilities and deep understanding of market wants constructed over 37 years.
With a powerful presence in high-growth rising markets and merchandise throughout grains & oilseeds, wheat milling & pasta, rice, edible oils, animal feed & protein, cotton, wooden merchandise, rubber, sugar & biofuel, freight administration and threat administration options.
They are on the coronary heart of worldwide meals and agri-trade flows, offering reasonably priced meals staples and processed agricultural merchandise which might be every day requirements and residing necessities for folks all over the world.
Driven by Purpose to rework meals, feed and fibre for a extra sustainable and meals safe future, they goal to create worth for patrons and allow farming communities to prosper sustainably.
Olam Agri is majority 81.81% owned by the Saudi Agricultural and Livestock Investment Company (SALIC) and a 18.19% owned related firm of Olam Group.
