Women in Kukareta, in Northeast Nigeria, are tending to their land on July 27. FAO is providing agricultural assistance to IDP households and host families during the ongoing rainfed cropping season.

27 August 2016, Rome/Nairobi -- Food security and agriculture have an essential role to play in preventing conflicts and crises on the African continent, blunting their impacts and acting as engines for post-crisis recovery.

This was the central message of FAO Director-General José Graziano da Silva to African leaders and international development actors gathered in Nairobi, Kenya, today for one of the foremost summits on African development.