Tag: Food and Agriculture Organisation

The Governor made this known while fielding questions from some Kaduna-based broadcast journalists in Hausa language, as part of the ...

According to the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO), while women account for 70-80 per cent of agricultural labour and output ...

Mr Griffith said acute malnutrition in the country is heightening at a rapid pace, while food insecurity is at its ...

There are reports suggesting that food insecurity could worsen in Nigeria in 2024

The experts spoke during a panel session themed “Scaling Innovations and technologies for food system transformation”.

Many farmers in Ogun State have been forced to change occupations after oil spillage caused by vandalism of NNPC pipelines ...

The two appointments were announced by the governor’s spokesperson, Isa Gusau, in a statement issued in Maiduguri on Wednesday.

About 17 million people in the country are already facing food crisis.

Alongside insecurity, environmental degradation is forcibly displacing farmers, causing scarcity and consequent unprecedented food inflation.

The fall was led by declines in the international prices of vegetable oils, cereals and sugar.

The fall was led by a significant downturn in vegetable oil and cereal, according to details highlighted in the Food ...

The FAO Food Price Index averaged 135.7 points in January 2022, 1.1 per cent higher than in December 2021.

The fall was led by vegetable oil and sugar.

At a glance, this merger offers a high level of potential growth for the Nigerian food industry.

The FAO Food Price Index averaged 134.4 points in November 2021, up 1.2 per cent from October and 27.3 per ...

Higher international prices and freight rates will combine to propel the cost of importing food to USD 1.75 trillion in ...

The FAO Food Price Index averaged 127.4 points in August, up 3.1 per cent from July and 32.9 per cent ...

The FAO Food Price Index averaged 123.0 points in July 2021, down 1.2 per cent from June but still 31.0 ...

Many Nigerian communities still operate the traditional and family inheritance system of land ownership that gives preference to male children.

The report said conflict and economic shocks related to COVID-19 will drive acute food insecurity

The FAO Food Price Index averaged 127.1 points in May 2021, 4.8 per cent higher than in April and 39.7 ...

The FAO Food Price Index averaged 120.9 points in April, 1.7 per cent higher than March and 30.8 per cent ...

The FAO food price index averaged 118.5 points in March, 2.1 per cent higher than in February and reaching its ...

International prices of maize, wheat and rice were either stable or edged up slightly.

“Good progress has been achieved, particularly in Kenya where swarms are no longer arriving from the north,’’ the UN agency, ...