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Seeds Given to 1 Million Farmers Hit By Boko Haram in Northeast Nigeria - UN

Seeds and fertiliser are being delivered to more than a million farmers in Boko Haram-hit northeast Nigeria ahead of the rainy season to combat growing hunger and dwindling aid in a region threatened with famine, the United Nations said on Wednesday.
The Islamist militants' bloody insurgency has prevented farmers from planting or harvesting crops for years in the northeast, where more than 5 million people need food aid and about 1.5 million are on the brink of famine, aid agencies say

Adesina Named 2017 World Food Prize Winner - the 'Nobel' of Agriculture

Akinwumi Adesina, president of the African Development Bank, has been named the winner of this year's World Food Prize. 
The prestigious U.S.$250,000 prize is given annually to a person who has worked to advance human development by "improving the quality, quantity or availability of food in the world". Over a 31-year existence, the award has become known as the 'Nobel Prize' for food and agriculture.

Future of African Youth Lies in Agriculture, Not Europe - Food Prize Laureate

According to the president of the African Development Bank (AfDB), Akinwumi Adesina, Making agriculture profitable and "cool" for young people in Africa is key to lifting millions out of poverty and stemming migration to Europe. 
Akinwumi Adesina was named the winner of this year's World Food Prize on Monday for his decades-long work to boost food production in his native Nigeria, increase access to credit for small farmers across Africa and transform the continent's agriculture.

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