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Abuja - Nigeria The Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (FMARD) has expanded the food security and nutrition analysis also known as Cadre Harmonisé (CH) to five new states of Abia, Enugu, Cross River, Edo and Lagos in southern Nigeria. In March this year, FMARD Permanent Secretary, Dr. Earnest Umakhihe,...

Abuja - Key stakeholders from Nigeria’s National Codex Committee (NCC) attended a briefing session in Abuja on Codex Alimentarius - a collection of international standards, guidelines, codes of practice, and related texts for promoting global food safety standards. Codex standards are aimed at protecting consumers’ health, coordinating of all food...

On Tuesday, August 2, 2021, the Ambassador of Bulgaria to Nigeria, HE Yanko Yordanov (Right), paid a courtesy call to the FAO Representative in Nigeria and to the Economic Organization of West African States (ECOWAS), Mr. Fred Kafeero, whereby they explored areas of potential collaboration in knowledge sharing involving academic...

ABUJA -  In the effort to strengthen partnership for boosting food production, promoting agriculture value chains and ensuring the sustainability of production systems, Ondo State Government officials called on the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) to sustain support to the state with more initiatives and options to...

Abuja - Nearly 200 statisticians and data managers in Nigeria have been empowered with new tools and skills to generate, process, analyze and disseminate accurate information relevant for policy planning and tracking progress of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The training aligns with the Lagos State “overarching development agenda of enhancing technology...