Food and Agricultural Organisation of the United Nations, raised the alarm of impending food insecurity in the North-East region, saying insurgency has denied 65,800 farmers access to agricultural inputs in the area.Continue Reading
Two United Nations agencies warned that millions of people in conflict-hit Yemen, South Sudan and northern Nigeria are at risk of famine in the coming months or already facing it.Continue Reading
In his presentation of the report in Abuja, the FAO Representative in Nigeria and the ECOWAS, Fred Kafeero, noted that based on findings by his organisation, it was important and urgent for government to intervene in these states and the FCT.Continue Reading
Nigeria's food processing sub-sector is responsible for at least half of all manufacturing jobs in the country, a new report by the FAO says.Continue Reading
Kafeero pointed out that the government alone cannot do all the harnessing and development of the agricultural, forestry and livestock resources, adding that “the role of the private sector has to be incorporated in the development of agricultural and livestock resources."Continue Reading
