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Kaduna - Agriculture has remained the highest employer in Nigeria, with more than one-third of the country’s over 200 million people engaged in the sector. The majority of Nigeria’s agricultural actors are smallholder farmers with limited alternative sources of livelihood. Farmers are exposed to high health risks while using agrochemical products...

Yobe-Damaturu - For agriculture to become more sustainable and productive in Africa, governments at all levels must be at the center of agriculture programmes. These were the words of FAO Representative in Nigeria, Suffyan Koroma at the opening of a retreat organized by the Yobe State government to design a...

Abuja -Smallholders mostly suffer the hazard of post-harvest losses, due largely to the lack of capacity to add value to their produce and modern farming equipment to ease the process. This among other challenges have continued to hurdle intervention efforts to alleviate rural poverty. The Food and Agriculture Organisation of the...

In Borno, conflict-affected youth are being supported for employment and income generation through an agriculture support programme funded by the European Union Trust Fund (EUTF). As part of the programme, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) recently launched a massive livestock restocking campaign, chiefly targeting vulnerable...

Abuja - The Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations (FAO) has unveiled a new 5-year strategic programming cycle, to assist the Government of Nigeria (GoN) develop the agriculture sector and ensure efficient management of the country’s natural resources. The Country Programming Framework for Nigeria (CPF) 2018-2022, outlines five priority...