Tag:FAO

Agric & Biotech

FAO distributes seeds, fertiliser in planting season push

Seeds and fertiliser for more than one million people are being distributed by the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) in north-eastern Nigeria for the...

admin - June 26, 2017

Conservation

EU provides €900,000 to support marine species

The European Commission has announced a significant financial contribution of €2.25 million to the Secretariat of Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild...

admin - May 22, 2017

Marine

$177m earmarked for Nigeria under $3.5b Africa ocean economies initiative

Africa is once again at the centre of global focus, thanks to an initiative aimed at ensuring that its marine economies are climate-resilient. In the...

admin - April 17, 2017

Agric & Biotech

Climate change a risk factor for global food security, says report

Mankind's future ability to feed itself is in jeopardy due to intensifying pressures on natural resources, mounting inequality, and the fallout from a changing...

admin - February 23, 2017

Agric & Biotech

FAO clamours support to help small farmers adapt to climate change

Failure to act now to make our food systems more resilient to climate change will "seriously compromise" food production in many regions and could...

admin - February 14, 2017

Cover

Abuja, Calabar validation forums set stage for fresh REDD+ phase

Two separate validation workshops held recently within two weeks in Abuja, the federal capital city, and Calabar, the capital city of Cross River State,...

admin - August 29, 2016

Cover

Communication: REDD+ programme urged to utilise online media

Nigeria’s UN-REDD Programme has been urged to make better use of online publications as well as social media platforms in order to effectively communicate...

admin - August 28, 2016

Sustainable Devpt