Tag: UN
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UN-Supported Hydroponic Fodder Training Strengthens Livestock Farming in Nigeria’s Borno State
© Chabash Development And Health Initiative CDHI Communities in Nigeria’s conflict-affected Borno State are receiving training in hydroponic fodder production through a United Nations-supported initiative aimed at improving livestock farming and strengthening food security. The programme, funded by the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) through the Nigeria Humanitarian Fund (NHF), ... -
The Kampala Declaration: How African Youth Can Lead Food System Transformation to Achieve Zero Hunger by 2030
By Emeka Christian Umunnakwe Africa’s ambition to achieve Zero Hunger by 2030 will remain out of reach unless young people are deliberately positioned at the centre of food system transformation—not as beneficiaries of agricultural programmes, but as leaders across the entire value chain. For more than two decades, Africa’s food security agenda has been shaped ... -
UN, Nigeria Partner to Drive Inclusive Agricultural Growth
By Justina Auta Edited by Uche Anunne Nigeria’s agribusiness stakeholders have reaffirmed their commitment to advancing inclusive growth and youth empowerment through strengthened multi-stakeholder partnerships. This pledge follows a strategic engagement in Abuja with a delegation from the United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR), led by Mr. Sadiq Rabiu, Special Assistant to the ... -
Rebuilding the breadbasket: AFDB, UN World Food Programme (WFP) and IFPRI launch report on innovative investment in food systems in Northern Nigeria
“Investing in Innovative Food Systems Solutions in Challenging Contexts,” provides a roadmap for revitalizing northern Nigeria’s food systems ABUJA, Nigeria, October 11, 2025/ –– The African Development Bank (https://AfDB.org), in partnership with the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) and the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), has released a new study urging coordinated and ... -
Eswatini and FAO advance climate-resilient agriculture with modern farming technologies
A young woman works inside an irrigation tunnel in Eswatini, part of a programme deploying greenhouse and shade net structures to shield crops from extreme heat, erratic rainfall, and hailstorms. Mbabane – Eswatini is expanding its climate adaptation efforts in agriculture by introducing protected cultivation infrastructure and climate-smart technologies aimed at increasing food system resilience. ... -
Smallholder Farmers Demand a Voice Ahead Of Crucial UN Food Systems Summit Meeting
Ahead of UN gathering to review progress towards more sustainable food systems, farmers appeal for greater recognition as agents of change. Little Rock, AR, Jul. 23, 2025 – Smallholder farmers have called for greater inclusion within national strategies for food systems transformation ahead of a key United Nations meeting. UN Member state representatives will gather ... -
New UN declaration must protect rights of the world’s poorest to nutritional benefits of milk and meat, say experts
More than 115 agrifood experts, government advisors and business leaders are calling for animal-source foods to be excluded from a UN declaration to eliminate trans-fatty acids. July 16, NAIROBI – A draft UN declaration to eliminate trans-fatty acids from global diets risks inadvertently denying the world’s poorest the nutritional benefits of milk and meat, experts have said. ... -
UN: Thousands in West Africa face acute food shortage
A boy sits in the shade of a makeshift hut in northeastern Nigeria on June 20, 2016. Nigeria is suffering from food shortages as the United Nations warned some 50,000 children in Nigeria could starve to death that year. (STEFAN HEUNIS/AFP via Getty Images) Forty-eight million people in West and Central Africa face acute food ...
