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For many smallholder farmers in northeast Nigeria, food production typically halts or slows during the dry season ranging October to April. To spur cultivation  during this critical period - ensuring food availability beyond the rainy season harvests and into the lean season - the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) is supporting about...

Abuja – Nigeria - In 2006, the Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI) otherwise called bird flu outbreak threatened the poultry sector in Africa and nearly crippled the livelihoods of hundreds of farmers in Nigeria. Within the last three years, reports of a more lethal sequence reportedly reemerged with the risk...

Abuja - An animal disease emergency, such as an outbreak of a Transboundary Animal Disease (TAD), can have serious socio-economic consequences which may affect the national economy. In Nigeria, animal production is critical to the development of its population and to national economy, and TADs pose a serious threat to...

Abuja, Nigeria –As part of efforts to mitigate the effects of climate change, the Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations (FAO) has commissioned solar-powered boreholes in three (3) arid states of Northern Nigeria, to boost access to water for domestic use and agricultural practice. The intervention is provided through...

Abuja - Nigeria. Thirty (30) stakeholders in Nigeria have been introduced to a scenario building methodology that can be used to identify emerging challenges and opportunities associated with the growing and transforming livestock sector. Identifying these challenges will help recognise alternative policy options, identify capacity requirements and make projections of development...