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In a bid to boost food security through collection of credible and timely data, the Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations (FAO) has donated ICT equipment to the Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development.

During the presentation in Abuja, the FAO Country Representative, Fred Kaffero said the donation was part of its activities to commemorate the World Food Day celebration.

FAO had launched a Technical Cooperation Programme towards Strengthening Institutional Capacity for Improved Data and Information Systems for Policy Planning and Tracking the SDGs in Nigeria, with the objective of enabling inclusive and evidence-based decisions, policies and strategies for agriculture and natural resources at selected federal and state institutions.

According to Abubakar, the project which supports various interventions such as the sensitisation of stakeholders on the global SDGs and core set of statistical data for monitoring agriculture, food security and nutrition is implemented in four states of Adamawa, Cross River, Kano and Lagos, as well as the Federal Capital Territory in Abuja.

He further revealed that the equipment would be distributed in all the states involved in the project, which includes Adamawa, Cross River, Kano and Lagos as well as the Federal Capital Territory .

 

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