Borno Govt, United Nations Host Int’l Donors Over Insecurity, Infrastructural Deficit In North-East Nigeria
Borno Govt, United Nations Host Int’l Donors Over Insecurity, Infrastructural Deficit In North-East Nigeria
The Government of Borno State and the United Nations (UN) on Friday hosted a high-level delegation of key partners during a one-day mission to Borno State to highlight humanitarian and development priorities in north-east Nigeria.
Delegates from Canada, the European Union, France, Germany, Norway, Switzerland, the United Kingdom and the United States of America as well as the World Bank Group and International Monetary Fund (IMF) visited key locations and were provided an overview of the coordination and operational challenges related to humanitarian and development programming in the region.
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COVID-19: IFAD provides grant of $900, 000 to support small-scale farmers in 7 northern States
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By Gabriel Ewepu – Abuja
The International Fund for Agricultural Development, IFAD, Thursday, disclosed the provision of $900, 000 grant to support small-scale farmers in seven northern States as a measure to cushion the impact of the novel Coronavirus, COVID-19, pandemic.
The grant is the first through IFAD’s Rural Poor Stimulus Facility, RPSF, as contained in a statement issued, which explained that the grant is to support the worst affected small-scale producers and rural households in the North as a result of the COVID-19 crisis.
IFAD has provided a first grant of $900,000 through its Rural Poor Stimulus Facility (RPSF) to support the worst affected small-scale producers and rural households in Nigeria through the COVID-19 crisis, as well as to rebuild and recover in the post-crisis period. The grant agreement will help vulnerable small-scale farmers in seven northern states of Borno, Jigawa, Katsina, Kebbi, Sokoto, Yobe, and Zamfara.
Under the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, more than 8,000 vulnerable smallholders in Northern Nigeria will receive an agricultural stimulus and resilience package composed of climate resilient seeds; these are high yielding, and high nutritional value varieties that will help farmers achieve good production and secure their incomes. IFAD’s support complements the United Nations Nigeria COVID-19 Basket by earmarking resources to mitigate the impact of the pandemic on smallholders’ farming activities and domestic food supply.
Rome/Abuja, 28 January 2021 - The Federal Government of Nigeria and the International Fund for Agricultural Development of the United Nations (IFAD) are.