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FAO Nigeria Newsletter, March 2021 - Issue #3

Year of publication 2021

Place of publication Abuja, Nigeria ;

Pages 7

Author FAO

Publisher FAO ;

Product type Newsletter

Series title Newsletters from the Decentralized Offices

Series number 3

Edition 1

Synopsis (short abstract) This is a third edition of FAO Nigeria e-newsletter covering the period of Jan - March 2021. In this issue, you will read about how our Rainy Farming Season support in the northeast part of the country is helping the communities affected by the decade-long insurgency to resettle. We are also excited to see that the Federal Government is pleased with the Cadre Harminse (CH) exercise and that it has approved its extension to all the states in the country. This is good step for getting the real picture of food security and nutrition in the country for appropriate actions. Besides, although the March 2021 CH results show slight improvements in some northeast Nigeria areas, there is a still a need to take immediate action to address the situation before it worsens. During this time too, Nigeria started the Food Systems Summit dialogues and many more are expected to take place in the country ahead of the UN’s Global Food Systems Summit in September this year. Please read on for these and more reports including the visits by the FAO Representative to Ondo and Cross River States with the aim of strengthening partnerships for ensuring improved food security, nutrition and sustainable natural resources management, and the 2021 International Day of Forests celebrations in Nigeria

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