Canada govt partners FAO partners to enhance food security in Borno

Canada govt partners FAO partners to enhance food security in Borno

By: Our Reporter

The Canadian Government in collaboration with the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) has promised to enhance food security and scale up assistance to reduce humanitarian crisis in Borno state.

The Canadian High Commissioner, James Christoff disclosed this while unveiling the exhibition of agricultural products by FAO’s beneficiaries in Maiduguri on Thursday stressed that the skills transfer of the FAO in food production benefited women, young girls and their families.

According to the UN, the partnership was to raise food security and mindful of the long conflict that displaced over 2.5 million people in the Northeast.

“There are many issuers here in Borno state. I want to see how we can support the FAO to make a difference in people’s lives.

“I have learnt about the expertise that the FAO can bring to this kind of environment in the Borno state, on food security, the Canadian government will continue to provide humanitarian assistance, because of the scale of conflict in the region.

He added that what he saw at the exhibition of agricultural products, are the outcome of the expertise of good ideas to restore people’s livelihoods with resilience.

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He noted that the concerns of the people are on food security, economic livelihoods and the protection of their lives in the ongoing conflict.

He said the support has been translated into real impact on people’s lives, as their livelihoods are being restored in the over a decade conflict.

In his remarks, the FAO representative in Nigeria, Fred Kafeero, said: “The organisation work in the state is visible in terms of improving food security, but mindful of the crisis that has been faced for over a decade.

“We’re proud to be partners of the Canadian government in supporting our efforts to deal with issues of food insecurity in the state.”he said.

He said that the people’s resilience are also to be strengthened to achieve food security in the state.