EU supports FAO, ECOWAS collaboration to improve Strategic roadmap to grow sector. 10 July 2017, Abuja - Stakeholders in Fisheries and Aquaculture in West Africa, have reviewed the roadmap for development...

Press Release Nigeria to improve data collection on   agriculture FAO hands over CAPI System to help investors,   agriculture merchants, traders and farmers for informed decisions and   optimized activities...

March 27, 2017, Abuja- Farmers supported by FAO in northeast Nigeria are looking forward to a very good harvest, going by the amount and quality of crops some of them...

March   27, 2017, Abuja- Farmers supported by FAO in   northeast, Nigeria are looking to a very good harvest, going by the amount   and quality of crops some of...

  FAO, Africa Rice Center strengthening   capacity of community based rice farmers for seed production March 23, 2017, Abuja -  As part of   efforts to boost rice production in the country,...

FAO Press Release 24th February 2017 UN Agencies and governments to meet at Oslo summit to tackle expanding humanitarian emergency Nigeria hunger crisis deepens, spills over into Lake Chad Basin UN Agencies and governments...

FAO scaling up assistance for internally displaced persons in   North East Nigeria to return to agricultural production   February 17, 2017, Abuja- Buoyed by the prospect of restarting   life through agricultural...

In Northeast Nigeria, crisis-hit farmers are considering a return to fields they left up to three years ago. When people fled the remote rural areas in the northeastern states – often...

The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), United Nations agency has said about $20 million is urgently needed by June, 2017 to support farmers for new farming season in the north...

 The impact of insurgency in the North-east has been devastating with many dead and millions displaced. 

Food insecurity situation in the North of Nigeria from 01/10 to 31/12/2016. Author: CILSS

Conflict in northeast Nigeria has left a significant portion of the population without access to adequate food, water, and health services. The Nigerian Minister of Health has declared a “nutrition...

Massive population displacements and insecurity in the Lake Chad basin are putting livelihoods and food security at high risk. In North East Nigeria alone, the impact of the conflict on...

FAO support activities to contain and eradicate highly pathogenic avian influenza outbreak in Nigeria

  Northeast Nigeria: supporting displaced people engage in vegetable production In Northeast Nigeria, internally displaced persons (IDPs) and host communities bear the brunt of the multiple impact of the current crisis. Most...

FAO has handed over IT equipment to the Ministry of Lands, Survey & Environment, Katsina State. This equipment was installed within the Ministry to establish a Local Area Network (LAN)...

 FAO provides humanitarian assistance in the three most affected North Eastern States of Nigeria     Repeated attacks on civilians from Boko Haram have led to massive displacements and negatively impacted livelihoods in...

Partnership for Sustainable Rice Systems Development in Africa FAO together with key players in the rice value chain in Africa and high level government representatives have launched a comprehensive Programme for...

“Nutrition is the key” - Akinwunni Ayo Adesina Rome – FAO Director-General José Graziano da Silva today met with Nigeria’s Minister for Agriculture and Rural Development, His Excellency Akinwunni Ayo Adesina,...

An aquatic biosecurity governance workshop bringing together more than 120 participants from Africa was held in Durban, South Africa between 05 and 07 November 2014. The workshop, whose objective was  to...