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FAO Press Release 24th February 2017 UN Agencies and governments to meet at Oslo summit to tackle expanding humanitarian emergency Nigeria hunger crisis deepens, spills over into Lake Chad Basin UN Agencies and governments to meet at Oslo summit to tackle expanding humanitarian emergency 24 February 2017, Rome - As conflict and instability continue, the food security situation in Nigeria...

FAO scaling up assistance for internally displaced persons in   North East Nigeria to return to agricultural production   February 17, 2017, Abuja- Buoyed by the prospect of restarting   life through agricultural livelihoods, many internally displaced persons   (IDPs) in North East Nigeria are returning to farms supported by the Food and...

In Northeast Nigeria, crisis-hit farmers are considering a return to fields they left up to three years ago. When people fled the remote rural areas in the northeastern states – often the strong holds of Boko Haram – they would often head towards larger urban areas. The majority of the resident...

The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), United Nations agency has said about $20 million is urgently needed by June, 2017 to support farmers for new farming season in the north east region of Nigeria.

 The impact of insurgency in the North-east has been devastating with many dead and millions displaced.