Three heads of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the
United Nations (FAO), the International Fund for Agricultural Development
(IFAD) and the World Food Programme (WFP) are headed to Niger on a three-day
working visit between 15-18 August 2018, reports NaijaAgroNet.
This visit, NaijaAgroNet
gathered will see these chiefs highlighting regional efforts to address the
critical food and nutrition security situation in the Sahel.
The trio including FAO Director-General José Graziano da
Silva, IFAD President Gilbert F. Houngbo, and WFP Executive Director David
Beasley, will meet Niger President Mahamadou Issoufou as well as Prime Minister
Brigi Rafini and other members of the country’s government.
They will also visit several projects where collaboration
among FAO, IFAD WFP, the Government of
Niger and other partners, is providing people with new opportunities to feed
their families, earn an income and build more resilient livelihoods through
agricultural activities.
These initiatives illustrate the need to closely link
humanitarian and development assistance within the context of building peace in
the region. Similarly, FAO, IFAD and WFP are supporting the Government of
Niger’s “les nigériens nourissent les nigériens” (Nigeriens feed Nigieriens)
initiative which aims to reduce poverty and build resilience to food crises.
In Niger, as in many parts of the Sahel, climate shocks have
resulted in recurring droughts with devastating impacts on the region’s already
vulnerable populations, particularly those relying on crop and livestock
production for their livelihoods and survival.
Isaac Oyimah/GEE
Pix: FAO Director-General José Graziano da Silva
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