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FOOD INSECURITY
The latest report from the International Rescue Committee (IRC) and its international partners projects that around 16% of Nigerians will face severe food insecurity between June and August 2024.
The number of food insecure people in West and Central Africa- Nigeria included increased by 400% in the last five years to reach 55 million for the June to August lean season
The World Food Programme (WFP) spent about $99.6 million on meal vouchers and cash transfers to alleviate food insecurity in Nigeria in 2023.
The Food Waste Index Report 2024, co-authored by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) and WRAP has revealed that households worldwide wasted over 1 billion meals per day in 2022, while 783 million people were affected by hunger, and a third of humanity faced food insecurity
By now you would have come to the painful realisation that running Nigeria is not an emilokan thing. Parading a score card that is worse than my score card when I was kicked out of Command has put you in a very delicate position. Nigeria has happened to you.
The Food and Agricultural Organisation has reported that around 26.5 million Nigerians are at risk of hunger in 2024.
The President of the African Development Bank (AfDB), Dr. Akinwunmi Adesina has said food insecurity will be over in the continent five years from now noting that they have the investment and capacity to make it a thing of the past.
The United Nations says it has launched a task force to address the risk of food insecurity in...
With the rising cases of insecurity in Nigeria, especially with the death of farmers at the hands of armed herdsmen and other militia groups, it's no surprise that Nigeria is producing less food.
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