The United Nations has allocated US$20mn from the Central Emergency Response Fund (CERF) and the Nigeria Humanitarian Fund (NHF) to urgently ramp up the humanitarian response to the worsening food security and nutrition crisis in Northeast Nigeria
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OCP Africa signs MoUs with Government of Togo to boost mining, agriculture sector cooperation
OCP Africa signed two Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Government of Togo on 31 May, to enhance the cooperation in the mining and agriculture sectors
Global leaders take centre stage to call for women's land rights
Women leaders from around the world attended the United Nations General Assembly event which took place on 17 June, marking the Desertification and Drought Day, to call for womens land rights
WFP along with Japanese government boost community resilience in rural Zimbabwe
The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) has rolled out resilience building activities with support of the Government of Japan to boost food security and improve the livelihoods of nearly 9,000 people in Chiredzi district, in southern Zimbabwe
FAO works towards eliminating child labour in agriculture
With agriculture accounting for the bulk of child labour globally and the numbers involved growing, the Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations (FAO) is stepping up its work with partners on eliminating child labour in key sectors including cocoa, cotton and coffee