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Future agricultural priorities agreed

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    The Director-General of the UN Food and Agricultural Organisation, Jacques Diouf and Obasanjo agreed on Tuesday on future agricultural priorities for Nigeria, the agency's representative in Nigeria, Hashim A-Shami, told IRIN
    on Friday.

    A-Shami said Obasanjo agreed to focus on five priority areas in the next few years: food security, rehabilitation of dams and irrigation systems, aquaculture, animal health and food preservation facilities and silos.

    "Agriculture is a top priority for President Obasanjo," A-shami told IRIN.

    A-Shami said that the FAO Assistant Director-General was due in Nigeria over the weekend to follow up on these priority areas with Nigerian ministers.

    During his trip to Nigeria, Diouf also met the executive secretary of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), Lansana Kouyate. They discussed ways in which ECOWAS could work with the FAO to implement food security programmes in all 16 ECOWAS countries, A-Shami said.

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