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Abuja - Nigeria - The Federal Government of Nigeria, in collaboration with the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the Global Forest Observations Initiative (GFOI), has kicked-off the collaboration under the AIM4Forests project aimed at addressing technical and functional gaps to strengthen the country’s forest monitoring...

Abuja - Nigeria –The Director General of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) QU Dongyu has appointed Dr. Hussein Gadain as his new Representative in Nigeria and to the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS).   Dr. Gadain arrived in Nigeria on the 8th of July 2025 to...

Abuja, Nigeria — 16/06/2025 — The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) wishes to alert the general public to a growing number of fraudulent appointment letters being circulated by imposters falsely claiming to offer employment with the Organization. Recent reports indicate that unsuspecting individuals have received fake appointment...

Abuja, Nigeria – In a bold move to combat the seemingly unending threat of African Swine Fever (ASF) in Nigeria, the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) in collaboration with the Federal Ministry of Livestock Development launched a strategic initiative to enhance disease prevention and control measures. The initiative aims to enhance ASF...

Abuja, Nigeria – The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), through its FISH4ACP project, has officially launched an input finance initiative aimed at expanding fish farming in Nigeria. The event, titled “Scaling Fish Farming Through Finance,” took place at the Eriwe Fish Cluster in Ijebu Ode, Ogun...