Tag:food insecurity

Human Welfare

4m people at risk of food insecurity in north-east Nigeria – OCHA

UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) says urgent assistance is needed to avert food crisis in northeast Nigeria as no fewer...

Michael Simire - June 21, 2022

Agric & Biotech

FAO says 19.4m Nigerians face acute food insecurity

The Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) says no fewer than 19.4 million Nigerians may face acute food and nutrition insecurity between June and August. Mr...

Michael Simire - March 11, 2022

Human Welfare

WFP, FAO identify 23 countries as ‘highest alert’ hunger hotspots

The World Food Programme (WFP) and the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) say in the next four months, conflict, COVID-19 and the climate crisis...

Michael Simire - July 31, 2021

Agric & Biotech

Threat of food insecurity: The real reason

Nigeria, a country of over 200 million people, blessed with beautiful climate, mineral resources and large arable land is still grappling with the problem...

Michael Simire - July 1, 2021

Human Welfare

Food insecurity: No place at the dining table

Sharing a meal is one basic need of humans but for too many the question “what’s for lunch” doesn’t have an easy answer. Food...

Michael Simire - February 28, 2021

Marine

World Oceans Day: West, Central Africa face food insecurity from overfishing

Inger Andersen, Director-General of the International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN), in a messeage to observe the World Oceans Day, discloses that...

admin - June 9, 2017

Climate Change