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Abuja - The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) has trained farmers, extension workers, researchers, and irrigation technicians in drip irrigation, to boost food production, towards addressing the increasing demand to feed the ever-growing population, despite irregular rainfall and other climate shocks militating against productivity. The training was held...

In a bid to enhance food security and nutrition diversity in Nigeria, the Federal Government, in collaboration with  the United Nations (UN) and other partners have come together to promote the production of millet and take advantage of the socio-economic and dietary potentials provided by the Millet value chain. It would...

As part of efforts to ensure sustainable beef production for the expanding population in the state, the Lagos state government, in collaboration with the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), is establishing a cattle feedlot farm estate. With a highly urban population reputed to be the largest in...

EU and BMZ-funded initiative FISH4ACP strategy for more resilient, efficient and environmentally friendly catfish production in Nigeria 8 June 2023, Abuja – A new plan to reinforce Nigeria’s catfish value chain offers a roadmap to make this massive and vital sector more resilient and efficient in providing affordable food to Africa’s...

Abuja - On Thursday 18 May 2023, the new Country Team Lead (CTL) of the FAO Emergency Centre for Transboundary Animal Diseases (FAO-ECTAD) Dr Otto Vianney Muhinda led other colleagues on a courtesy call to the Chief Veterinary Officer of Nigeria (CVON) Dr Columba Teru Vakuru in his office, to felicitate...