Global food prices rose ‘sharply’ in 2021 – FAO
Jan. 7, 2022 The Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) on Thursday said that the UN’s benchmark food and commodity prices index rose sharply on average through 2021, compared with the…
LAGOS TO DEPLOY TECHNOLOGY FOR ALL-YEAR FARMING SEASON
Oct. 5, 2021 The Lagos State Government is working towards the deployment of technology that will enable farming all year round in order to achieve food security and self-sufficiency in…
Agriculture: Net imports to sub-Saharan Africa projected to rise by 75% by 2030 – FAO/OECD
July 5, 2021 Net imports to sub-Saharan Africa are projected to rise by 75% by 2030 due to higher imports of wheat, rice, maize and soybean, the U.N. Food and…
FAO calls for the need to revive institutional systems for a functional food safety inspection in Nigeria
June 11, 2021 The Country Representative of the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) in Nigeria, Mr. Fred Kafeero, on Thursday identified enabling legal and political frameworks as some of the…
Global economy loses over $220bn annually to Plant diseases – UN study
June 3, 2021 The Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO), says plant diseases rob the global economy of more than 220 billion dollars annually. A study supported by FAO and published…
FG, UN host webinar for journalists on FSSD
The Federal Government of Nigeria in collaboration with the United Nations system in Nigeria, will be hosting a webinar for journalists on the Nigeria National Food Systems Dialogue (FSSD) 2021….
Nigeria to join 20 other countries in FAO’s new agriculture transformation initiativeÂ
The Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations (FAO) on Monday says Nigeria has expressed its interest to join the Hand- in-Hand initiative to accelerate agricultural transformation and sustainable…
Nigerian rice farmers fall short after borders close
Rive cultivation in Northern Nigeria Thomas Tyavwva Maji is planting rice on more of his land in Nigeria’s Benue State than ever to take advantage of a surge in…
Kenya begins spraying of locusts seen as threat to food security
President Uhuru Kenyatta Kenya said on Saturday it had started aerial spraying in three counties in the country’s north to try to head off a locust invasion which has…
Mobile phones top list of tech speeding up aid operations in 2019 – poll
Mobile technology had the biggest benefit of all technology on aid operations in 2019, according to an exclusive poll by the Thomson Reuters Foundation on Wednesday, with drones and satellites…