Nigeria, FAO Hold Workshop On Malnourishment, Food Security

Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Meals Safety in collaboration with the Meals and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) has hosted a nutrition-based agriculture technical workshop to deal with malnourishment and meals insecurity in Nigeria.

Themed ‘Nourishing Nigeria’ the programme aimed toward deploying vitamin lens in agriculture in a fashion that integrates a number of micronutrient meals consumption to deal with family dietary wants.

Talking on the launch, the everlasting secretary, FMAFS, Marcus O. Ogunbiyi, mentioned Nigeria faces twin threats of malnutrition and undernutrition with vital public well being implications.

Ogunbiyi who was represented by the ministry’s director of agricultural land & local weather change administration, Olanipekun Oshadiya, mentioned Nourishing Nigeria would obtain key outputs of reviewing the agricultural sector, meals safety and vitamin technique, guaranteeing alignment with present nationwide and worldwide requirements, institution of Junior Farmer Subject and enterprise colleges and empowering younger farmers on the subnational degree with entrepreneurial capacities.