The United Nations Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) has provided farm inputs to  26,750 households for the 2024 raining season farming to provide security in the trouble Borno State.

The UN agency said of zero hunger as highlighted by the SDG2 guides our intervention through procurement and distribution of nutrient dense vegetables, cereals, and legume quality seeds and NPK fertilizers.

The FAO’s interim Representative in Nigeria and ECOWAS region, Dominique Koffy Kouacou made this disclosure on Monday during the launch of the 2024 raining season input distribution in northeast at Du Usman in Jere Local Government Area Borno State.

He the distribution targeted vulnerable farmers to boast their self-reliant and ensure viable and sustainable food security in the State.

“FAO is supporting 26,750 vulnerable households, including returning IDPS and their host communities with productive agriculture assets to rebuild their lives and livelihoods.
The 2024 intervention in Borno state will benefit 9,975 households across 7 Local Government Areas in the State.

“The support by FAO will help households mitigate the escalating food insecurity while at the same time build resilience of the returnees in the settled communities.

“It is our expectation that these interventions will improve food production and income generation and build resilience among conflict-affected returnee households,”He said.

The acting Borno State governor, Usman Kadafur said the state indeed aware of the strategic role being played by the Food and Agricultural Organization, particularly in assisting victims of the insurgency and in our collective efforts to bring about viable and sustainable peace and security in the State.

“The distribution of these crop production inputs will therefore encourage our farmers to be more determined in engaging in farming activities and towards having a reliable and dependable means of livelihood.”
Khadafur solicited the cooperation of international organisations, especially our international partners and non-governmental bodies in our determined efforts to address the multifarious challenges of development confronting the state, with a view to improving the well-being and livelihood of our people.

This is part of the UN agency’s fight against poverty and hunger in the state due to the over a decade Boko Haram crisisthis year, with the funding support from 4 financing partners including the Governments of Norway, United States of America, Switzerland, and the European Commission,.