FAO Country Profiles

FAO Terminology - names of countries - In order to standardize and harmonize the vast quantity of terms used in FAO documents and publications, the Organization developed the terminology database FAOTERM. The Corporate NAMES OF COUNTRIES database also aims at facilitating the consultation and harmonization of country names throughout the Organization. Downloading options are available to enable the creation of customized country lists and databases.

Rural poverty country profiles - Produced by the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD)

09/02/2010 - A quantitative analysis of determinants of child and maternal malnutrition in Nigeria [IFPRI News]

09/02/2010 - Quantitative analysis of rural poverty in Nigeria [IFPRI News]

02/02/2010 - Nigeria: swine flu not from pigs, says expert [ILRI Clippings]

02/02/2010 - Mendeley webinar reveals intuitive, easy-to-use tool for online reference management [AgInfo News from the CGIAR]

29/01/2010 - ICRISAT to re-establish center in Nigeria [ICRISAT Press Releases]

25/01/2010 - Strategic issues on growth in the agricultural sector and reducing poverty in Nigeria [IFPRI News]

25/01/2010 - Institutional capacity for designing and implementing agricultural and rural development policies and strategies in Nigeria [IFPRI News]

25/01/2010 - ILRI, Equity Bank and UAP Insurance launch first-ever project to insure cows, camels and goats in Kenya’s arid north [ILRI News]

08/01/2010 - Irish Aid increases collaboration with universities and research centres to reduce global hunger [ILRI Clippings]

Benin | Cameroon | Chad | Niger

Africa | Community of Sahel-Saharan States | Economic Community of West African States | western Africa