The Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) of the United Nations has targeted 42,400 household farmers in Borno, Adamawa, Yobe, Sokoto and Taraba States. Out of the vulnerable households, 19, 898 smallholder farmers are in Borno state; affected by the over a decade insurgency. Flagging of the 2022 distribution of farm inputs, yesterday (Friday), in Maiduguri,…
Rome – The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) has welcomed the decision of the Global Environment Facility (GEF) to approve three FAO-led projects in five countries, totalling $18 million in funding. The three new projects – in Nigeria, Venezuela and a regional initiative encompassing Malawi, Mozambique, and Uganda – will improve the…
Kwiza Mbumbeh, Maiduguri The Food and Agriculture Organisations (FAO) of United Nations is training 51 facilitators of the Farmers’ Field School (FFS) in Northeast. According to the organization, the training of facilitators was to build their capacities to facilitate innovations in the agricultural sector of economy. He said that the training and capacity building of…
The World Food Programme (WFP), Food and Agricultural Organisation (FAO) and the UN Women have lamented the challenges of completing the EU livelihoods project in Borno. The completion of the EU funded project has however been extended to November, 2021. Fred Kafeero, the Representative of Food and Agricultural Organisation (FAO) in Nigeria and Economic Community…
The Country Representative of the Food and Agricultural Organisation (FAO), Fred Kafeero has said that the EU projects are to restore ‘conflict affected livelihoods’ through sustainable agriculture in Borno State. According to him, the projects are implemented by FAO, UN Women and the World Food Programme While celebrating the livelihood projects Tuesday in Maiduguri,…
The Food and Agricultural Organisation (FAO), UN Women and World Food Programme (WFP) are to celebrate the impacts of EU completed projects in Borno. The celebration which is slated for today (Monday) in Maiduguri, the state capital, was to restore and promote sustainable agricultural-based livelihoods for food security. The EU-funded projects are also to “create…
The Country Representative of Food and Agricultural Organisation (FAO) to Nigeria and the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), Fred Kafeero; has said that 140, 000 vulnerable persons will be provided with livelihood support in the Northeast. According to him, the European Civil Protection and Humanitarian Aid Operation (ECHO) has raised $1 million (N410…
The Country Representative of Food and Agricultural Organisation (FAO) of the United Nations, Fred Kafeero has said that insurgency has prevented 68,800 farmers access to agricultural inputs in the Northeast. According to him, inaccessibility to improved seeds and fertilizers have resulted into food insecurity and poverty among the populace. Kafeero disclosed this Thursday, while flagging…
The Food and Agricultural Organisation (FAO), is to distribute irrigation water pumps and fertilizers to 4,000 Borno farmers restore their livelihoods in the agriculture and livestock sectors. According to 2018 post-harvest survey; the dry season support of FAO generated; N186, 100 from farmers’ sale of crops, including rice, tomato and onions. FAO’s representative in Nigeria,…
