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Jalingo - In Nigeria, conflicts between farmers and pastoral herdsmen is widespread due to the growing population, climate change effects and other factors causing competition for natural resources. This has led to large-scale displacements, loss of lives and properties, economic hardships and threat to food security. Alhaji Aminu Jauro, a herder from...

Lagos - The Government of Lagos State has inaugurated a special committee to drive the implementation of the food security and nutrition analysis (Cadre Harmonise) in the state. This is consequent to a decision by the Federal Government through the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development to expand the analysis to the...

Mobilizes more than a million USD for FAO to protect livelihoods of 140 000 vulnerable persons in the region Maiduguri - The European Civil Protection and Humanitarian Aid Operations (ECHO) has mobilized over USD 1 million for the Food and Agriculture Organization, (FAO) to enhance food production, and mitigate protection risks...

Abuja - As part of efforts to ensure sustainable food production through developed and efficient irrigation systems, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the Federal Ministry of Water Resources (FMWR) are going to implement a Technical Cooperation Programme (TCP) for promoting drip irrigation in the country. This...

Abuja - The Federal Government of Nigeria through the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (FMARD) has pledged to scale up the school gardens farming model by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) to all the schools in order to improve food security and nutrition in the...