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6 December 2017, Abuja - The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations (UN), the Government of Nigeria (GoN) and the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) have collaborated to validate strategies to reduce deforestation and forest degradation in Nigeria. This was decided at a two-day National Forest...

November 2017 Harvesting has begun in many areas of the northeast and production prospects are largely favourable, with households reporting good cereal yields (e.g. maize, millet, sorghum). Livestock disease outbreaks have been reported, including contagious bovine pleuropneumonia among cattle herds in parts of Adamawa State and diarrhoea among herds of small...

 Nigeria and FAO signs Technical Cooperation   agreement to curtail Fall Armyworm infestation As Minister of Agriculture appeals for enhanced FAO support to manage   crop diseases in Nigeria 5th   September 2017, Abuja - The Food and   Agriculture Organisation (FAO) of the United Nation and the Government of   Nigeria...

 The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations will organize a capacity building workshops for countries within the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) region on the effective management of the Fall Armyworm (FAW).  The workshops will take place in Abuja, Nigeria, from 5th to 10th September...

  FAO task Nigeria stockholders on sustained vigilance, surveillance July 4th, 2017, Abuja - Advocacy to reduce the   risk of Rinderpest re-emergence has continued to gain traction, as livestock  stakeholders in Nigeria have been tasked by the Food and Agriculture of   Organisation (FAO) of the United Nations to contribute to...