Public Policy on Food Securityin Nigeria: An Evaluation of Goodluck Jonathan’s Administration (2011-2015)

The aim of this paper is to assess the public policy on food security adopted in Nigeria under President Goodluck Jonathan's administration from 2011 to 2015. It critically examines the Agricultural Transformation Agenda (ATA) targeted to uplift the level of Agricultural development in Nigeria.The theoretical framework adopted in this paper was the Systems theory(input-output model). Having utilized the secondary method of data collection, the paper therefore concluded that Agricultural Transformation Agenda impacted positively in the lives of farmers and significantly improved food production thereby boosting food security from 2011 to 2015. The paper lastly made some recommendations geared towards the current administration and subsequent ones borrowing a leaf from this to foster food security in our nation