Mixed reports trail Nigeria’s food insecurity


Published 12 Apr,2021 via The Nation - The number of people who experience food insecurity in Nigeria has risen since 2014 from various statistics gathered by The Nation.

Between 2014 and 2016, the rate of food insecurity rose by 6.6 per cent.

According to statista.com,a top level research portal, the prevalence of severe food insecurity in Nigeria between 2017 and 2019 was 9.1 per cent; 8.2 per cent was the position between 2016-2018, and 7.3 per cent between 2015 and 2017.

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