Food and Agriculture Organisation

The Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) has listed low crop yields, post-harvest losses, food safety concerns, and weak implementation of relevant policies, among others, as stagnating agriculture production in Nigeria. It said this…

North Korean leader, Kim Jong Un, has reportedly ordered its citizens to eat less food until the country re-opens its border with China in 2025. Food shortages are already affecting North Koreans, but citizens were told to tighten their…

The Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria (MACBAN) has dumped the conventional open grazing system in Ondo State. This was even as the Ondo State chapter of MACBAN embraced the feedlot operational system as an alternative…

The Federal Government says it will not reverse closure of borders until neighbouring countries have shown enough commitment to check smuggling of banned commodities into Nigeria. The Permanent Secretary (PS) of the Federal Ministry of…

The Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) of the United Nations, on Thursday, blamed food insecurity in Coastal Kenya especially in Tana River County to over reliance on rain fed farming. FAO Field Monitoring Officer, Joseph Mathooko,…

The Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) has raised the alarm over what it termed “fastest rising incidences of obesity in Africa”, noting that an estimated 672 million people are affected globally. The Director-General of FAO, Mr.…