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Abuja - On 15 May, the Food and Agriculture Organization's Emergency Center for Transboundary Animal Diseases (FAO ECTAD) was honoured with a prestigious award by the Nigerian Veterinary Medical Association (NVMA) for its exceptional contributions to training animal health workers through the In-Service Applied Veterinary Epidemiology Training (ISAVET) programme. The award...

Abuja - The Federal Government of Nigeria (FGN) and the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) have formally signed a 5-year Country Programming Framework (CPF), to enhance the existing cooperation and contribute to agri-food system transformation in the country. The ceremony, which was held at the conference room of the...

Abuja - In a bid to mitigate the continuous spill over of diseases from the wild and the spread of the monkey pox (mpox) disease in Nigeria, field veterinarians have been equipped with skills for surveillance and effective collection, handling and processing of samples for early detection of disease in communities...

Maiduguri - With a broad smile on her face, Maimuna Mashalele, a 35-year-old mother of eight (8) said of the newfound income generation option from one of the many value chains derived from fish processing, called Tom Brown or ‘Garin Kunu’ in hausa. Maimuna Mashalele; is one of the 20 women...

Maiduguri - The more than a decade humanitarian crisis in Borno, Adamawa and Yobe (BAY) states in Northeast has left nearly 2.0 million persons displaced. The situation remains critical, as many of the affected households cannot meet their food needs, especially in areas where large-scale displacements have taken place. The Food...