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FAO warns of worsening food insecurity in Nigeria, as devastating floods continue

Aminu Imam
FAO warns on food insecurity

The Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations (FAO) has raised the alarm over the escalating floods in Nigeria, which are exacerbating the already deteriorating food insecurity situation in the country. According to the FAO, these floods, which have affected 29 states, are displacing thousands, destroying farmland and claiming lives. FAO representative ad-interim, Koffy Dominique Kouacou, in an issued statement said, “As of early September, more than 2.5 million people have been impacted, with around 200 000 displaced”. According to Kouacou, the FAO is deeply concerned about the potential…

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Food Insecurity: Over 26m Nigerians at risk in 2024 – FAO

Aminu Imam

The Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) says at least 26.5 million Nigerians in Borno, Sokoto and Zamfara States, including the Federal Capital Territory, (FCT), may face a food crisis between June and August 2024. FAO country representative, Dominique Kouacou, who was represented by the Assistant FAO representative, programme, Abubakar Suleiman, disclosed this at the presentation of the October to November round of the Cadre Harmonise (CH) food security and early warning analysis yesterday, in Abuja. The CH conducted the analysis in 26 states and the FCT to ascertain the food…

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25 million Nigerians to face food crisis by August 2023 – FAO

Aminu Imam

About 25.3 million people will face food insecurity across Nigeria between June and August 2023, according to the United Nations (UN) Food and Agriculture Organisation, (FAO). The FAO, in an issued statement, warned that if actions are not taken to avert the crisis, 4.4 million people in Borno, Adamawa and Yobe States will be affected. The UN food agency, in its October 2022 food and nutrition analysis said about 17 million people in the country were already facing a food crisis. These include internally-displaced persons, (IDPs) and returnees in 26…

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Flooding: 25 million Nigerians risk severe hunger in 2023 – Report

Aminu Imam

Stakeholders in the nation’s food and agriculture value chain have said that unless urgent steps are taken by the Federal Government, the massive destruction to farmlands by the recent floods may result in a severe hunger crisis in 2023. Aside from financial losses incurred by farmers and agribusiness entrepreneurs, the destruction has been estimated to put 25.3million people across 26 states and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) in acute food crisis between June and August next year. This estimation is contained in the Cadre Hamonise report on the food security…

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FAO predicts 19.4m Nigerians to face food insecurity from June to August

Aminu Imam

The Food and Agriculture Organisation, (FAO), has confirmed that no fewer than 19.4 million Nigerians may face acute food and nutrition insecurity between June and August. Food Security Analyst, Jasper Mwesigwa, made this known yesterday, in Abuja, at the ‘Nigeria Cadre Harmonise-Acute Food and Nutrition Insecurity Analysis’ programme. Mwesigwa said that currently, about 14.4 million Nigerians, including 385,000 IDPs in 21 States and the FCT were facing a food crisis presently. He listed the states as Yobe, Borno, Kaduna, Katsina, Sokoto, Adamawa, Kano, Bauchi, Enugu, Niger, Kebbi, Zamfara, Jigawa, Gombe,…

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‘Over 4 million Nigerians hungry, malnourished’, Says Int’l Organisation, FAO 

Aminu Imam

The Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) of the United Nations, (UN), has said that over four million Nigerians go hungry and suffer from malnutrition. The FAO said the situation is large because of the challenges associated with conflict, pests and diseases, natural disasters, loss of biodiversity, habitat destruction, economic challenges and devastating effects of Covid-19. The organisation’s representative to Nigeria and the Economic Community of West African States, (ECOWAS), Fred Kafeero, made this known yesterday in Abuja, during a Press Conference at the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development to…

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Insecurity: Food insecurity looms in Northern Nigeria — United Nations

Aminu Imam

The United Nations Development Programme, (UNDP), Global Environment Facility, (GEF) says the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) had warned that people in northern Nigeria are at risk of acute food insecurity. The UN-FAO projected that an estimated 13 million people in the area face the risk of acute food insecurity in the next few months. The Project Manager, UNDP – GEF, in-charge of Resilient Food Security Project, Rhoda Dia, gave out this information yesterday, while speaking with newsmen in Abuja. Ms. Dia said the warning had become imperative because the…

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‘Nigeria’s food insecurity at level not seen since 2016’ – UN agency

Aminu Imam

…Expected to worsen this summer Nigeria is facing a level of food insecurity not seen since 2016-2017, mainly due to the coronavirus pandemic, rising conflict, and floods, a UN agency has said. Adamawa, Borno, and Yobe are the most affected States and the situation is expected to further deteriorate this summer “if no mitigation actions are taken,” according to the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO). Adverse effects of the pandemic and related containment measures, along with high food prices are among the main drivers of food insecurity, an FAO report…

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Nigeria emerging as world’s worst hotspots for hunger – FAO

Ishaku Yohanna

The African continent’s giant, Nigeria is emerging as country with the world’s largest food crisis in terms of absolute numbers. About 21.8 million people in the nation are acutely food insecure, new figures from the United Nations’ Food & Agriculture Organization show. The staggering figure underscores how the fallout from the pandemic is driving up hunger in countries that were already gripped by crisis. In Nigeria, working the land can be a dangerous occupation because of longstanding religious and ethnic tensions and, more recently, organized crime. That’s as farmers already…

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