The Food and Agricultural Organization (FAO) of United Nations has renewed its commitment to supporting food security and building of locals resilience in North East region.
The Head of North East Office of FAO, Mr Alhassan Cisse, made this known on Monday in Maiduguri, while declaring open a workshop on Strengthening the Organisational Capacity of Local and National Actors (LNAs) for effective Emergency Response in Borno, Adamawa and Yobe States.
Represented by Head of Emergency Programme of the office, Ms Sahar Fallal-Ali, he said that over the years, the organisation with funding from donors has invested in building the capacities of LNAs for better implementation of its programmes.
According to him, the workshop will strengthen the capacities of the LNAs based on identified gaps to enable them effectively participate in planning and implementing humanitarian and resilience programmes as well as timely response to humanitarian crisis in agriculture and food security.
