The government also said over 25,000 households benefited from the Nigeria Erosion and Watershed Management Project.
Russia is suspending an agreement that allows Japanese fishing companies to harvest in waters near the disputed Kuril Islands.
Somalia is experiencing one of the worst droughts in 40 years.
“The current food crisis may rapidly turn into a food catastrophe of global proportions in 2023,” Mr Guterres said.
The cost-of-living crisis could spark a “cycle of social unrest leading to political instability,” the UNCTAD boss warned.
Agriculture minister Mohammad Abubakar says the federal government will increase Nigeria’s cocoa production from the present 340,000 tonnes to 500,000 tonnes by 2024.
7.1 million people, equivalent to 45 per cent of the country’s population, are struggling to find food for their families.
The call came as the UK confirmed it is joining the U.S. in supplying Ukraine with long-range multiple launch rocket systems.
A government report on Monday said the Russian leadership had agreed with Kyiv and Turkey on a scheme to release grain shipments from Odessa.
The government warned that felling of trees without replanting, bush burning and other environmental attacks were now a serious offence in the state.
