Tag: Food Insecurity

Nigeria among countries to see worsening hunger – Report

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Nigeria is among the nine countries expected to see its hunger levels worsening throughout the year, according to the latest Global Hunger Index. The Index is a tool for comprehensively measuring and tracking hunger at global, regional, and national levels highlighted Afghanistan, Haiti, Somalia, South Sudan, Sudan, Yemen, Burkina Faso and Mali as the other countries. According to the index report, “Many countries are experiencing severe hunger in 2023, with the situation expected to worsen throughout the year. Though circumstances in 2023 are not yet captured by the data in…

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Kaduna: Ginger pandemic wipes out N10bn farmlands in 7 LGAs 

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… Nigeria’s 4th position as the world’s ginger producer threatened  No fewer than seven local government councils of Kaduna State affected by an outbreak of fungi pathogens infection that wiped out N10 billion worth of ginger, covering 2,500 hectares of farm land in seven local government councils of Kaduna State, threatening Nigeria’s fourth position as the world’s ginger producer.  An assessment tour of ginger farms in some affected local government councils over the weekend by the Executive Director/ Chief Executive Officer of the Nigerian Export Promotion Council, (NEPC), Dr. Ezra…

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Food Security: World Food Programme to combat hunger in Nigeria with $2.5bn

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…Says 2.1m beneficiaries already captured The World Food Programme, (WFP), has pledged to support President Tinubu’s Zero Hunger Programme under the Federal Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Alleviation. Country Director of WFP, David Stevesson, made this known on Tuesday, when he led a team of the United Nations, (UN) agency to visit the Minister for Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Alleviation, Dr. Betta Edu, in her office. Stevesson disclosed that 2.1 million Nigerians have already been captured as beneficiaries of the program with the hope to expand working with the…

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UN allocates $15m to address rising food insecurity in Nigeria

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The United Nations (UN) has allocated 15 million dollars from the 100 million dollars earmarked to Africa and the Middle-East to address food insecurity as the spillover effects of the Russia-Ukraine war threaten to push millions even closer to famine. The contribution from the Central Emergency Response Fund (CERF), which was announced on Thursday, would go towards relief projects in six African countries and Yemen. The countries are Nigeria, Somalia, Ethiopia, Kenya, Sudan, and South Sudan. The CERF was established in 2005 to deliver urgently needed humanitarian assistance whenever and…

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