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IITA Youth Agripreneur program wins the 2019 International innovation award for sustainable food, agriculture

…as FAO thumbs up IITA Youth agripreneurs The youth program of the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA) has won…

5 years ago

UN Mission facilitates dialogue aimed at mitigating herdsmen-farmers crisis in the middle-belt region of Nigeria

As part of efforts to mitigate the herdsmen-farmers crisis in some parts of Nigeria, the United Nations Trust Fund for…

5 years ago

AfDB, FAO target agriculture investments to end hunge, create wealth in Africa

The African Development Bank (AfDB) and FAO today agreed to boost joint efforts aimed at catalysing agriculture sector investments in…

6 years ago

Unleashing the great potential of Africa’s youth to achieve sustainable development

FAO Director-General stresses the need to create more jobs for youth and build capacity in rural areas to use digital…

6 years ago

Global cassava coalition seeks support for cassava transformation in Africa

Ahead of the international conference on cassava, the Global Cassava Partnership for the 21st Century (GCP21) has called on policy…

7 years ago

Papal gift helps hungry families in South Sudan

Hungry families in South Sudan will be able to make ends meet thanks to vegetable-growing kits funded by a donation…

7 years ago

Prices of cassava stems retreat to N400 per bundle

  Prices of cassava stems have nosedived to N400 per bundle after touching a high of N1200 as demand eases…

7 years ago