Our reporters The President of Integrated Agricultural Services, South-West, Mr Adeyemi Adejare, has described the recent United Nations report warning on impending acute hunger as a pointer to the government’s failures in supporting agriculture and farmers. He said Nigeria was already witnessing a shortage of food, adding that only aggressive farming could help Nigeria out of the crisis. The UN’s report raised the alarm that 82 million Nigerians, which represent 64 per cent of the country’s population, may go hungry by 2030, calling on the government to tackle climate change, pest infestations, and other threats to agricultural productivity as well as food security.
82 million Nigerians at risk of hunger, UN warns – Healthwise (punchng.com) Meanwhile, in early June, the United Nations, projected that acute food insecurity may worsen in magnitude and severity across 18 hunger “hotspots,” that include Nigeria. The report underscored the urgent need for assistance to prevent famine in Gaza and Sudan, as well as the worsening hunger crises in Haiti, Mali, and South Sudan.
Furthermore, it warns about the continuous effects of El Niño and the impending risk of La Niña, which could lead to extreme climate events that disrupt both lives and livelihoods. “Since the previous edition of the Hunger Hotspots report (October 2023), the Central African Republic, Lebanon, Mozambique, Myanmar, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, and Zambia have joined Burkina Faso, Ethiopia, Malawi, Som.
