Abuja - The pledges made by the governments of Kaduna and Niger states to sustain the model ranches developed by the Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations (FAO) in...

Abuja - Nigeria joined the rest of African nations to mark the African Statistics Day. A special national conference of Nigerian statisticians to mark the day was held in Abuja, organized...

Abuja - On Friday October 12, 2021 the Lagos State Government and the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) signed an agreement for joint collaboration to develop...

ABUJA – The ongoing conflict in the northeast and the lingering economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic continue to drive hunger in Nigeria – according to the latest official figures for analysis...

Abuja - A total of twenty (20) states and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) have finalized the food security analysis famously known as Cadre Harmonise or in short CH. The states...

Lagos - Strengthening biosecurity in animal husbandry is one of the sure ways to prevent spread of infectious disease, especially Transboundary Animal Diseases (TADs). African Swine Fever is one of...

Abuja - Over 20 000 internally displaced people and their host communities are going to benefit from five water schemes in Dong, Garkida, Koh, Kikang, and Tudun Wada Bazza communities in...

Abuja - Key stakeholders have called upon more efforts to transform Nigeria’s agriculture sector through more efficient, inclusive, resilient and sustainable food systems. The call was made by key stakeholders during a...

Abuja - The National Agricultural Show 2021 was held in Nasarawa state, as part of the celebrations to mark the World Food Day, state with the main theme being the...

Abuja - On Friday October 15, 2021 the Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Hon. Dr. Mohammad Mahmood Abubakar held a ministerial press conference in Abuja as part of the...

Abuja - The FAO Representative, Fred Kafeero, on Thursday October 14 joined students at the Government Day Secondary and Junior Secondary Schools in Karu, Abuja today to harvest onions and...

Abuja - The Federal Ministry of Water Resources (FMWR) and the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) have signed a Technical Cooperation Agreement (TCP) aimed to promote...

Abuja - On Monday October 11, FAO handed over ICT equipment to the Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, Nigeria (FMARD) and Federal Capital Territory Authority (FCTA) to facilitate to...

Abuja - Today the Representative of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) in Nigeria and to Economic Community of the West African States (ECOWAS), Fred Kafeero,...

Abuja - More than 100 farmers and pastoralists received input and planting materials for pasture establishment in Taraba state as works towards ensuring peaceful co-existence between farmers and herders continue....

Abuja - Nigeria The Government of Nigeria has commended the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) for strengthening Nigeria’s technical capacity for addressing animal diseases. Speaking on Monday,...

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...

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...

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...

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...