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FAO launches framework to support agriculture in Nigeria

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The United Nations Food for Agriculture Organisation has launched the Country Programme Framework in Nigeria as part of the organisation’s efforts to promote agriculture in the country.The CPF is a medium-term priority framework, derived from nationally defined priorities and objectives to be achieved over a five year period of the programming cycle.

Speaking at the launch, the FAO representative, Suffyan Koroma, said the framework will focus on food and nutrition security, support effective and operational framework, support Nigeria’s economic diversity and decent employment, and enhance disaster risk management in the country with resilience.He said the CPF preparation started from a formal request by the Nigerian government in 2017.

He listed the objectives of the framework as promoting school garden for better nutrition and learning skill, mainstreaming nutrition education in Agriculture, and learning extension and urban food system development.Speaking at the event, the Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Audu Ogbeh, said climate change has been a major issue for agriculture across the country.

He said part of the disappearance of the forest today is responsible for the drying up of the Lake Chad.

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