More Than A Million Nigerians Experience Serious Food Crisis In 2024 – The News Chronicle

According to the World Bank’s recently issued Food Security Update Report, Nigeria is witnessing an increasingly severe food insecurity crisis, with over one million more people experiencing extreme food insecurity in 2024 than the previous year.

The research emphasizes that there has been a notable increase in the number of individuals experiencing severe food shortages in nations including Yemen, Ethiopia, and Nigeria.

On the other hand, certain nations saw advancements. Even while these countries were still in serious food crisis circumstances, countries including Afghanistan, Guatemala, and Kenya showed reductions in food insecurity, with over a million fewer people experiencing acute food crises, according to the report.

However, 18 nations saw their circumstances get worse as a result of things like escalating hostilities and climate-related shocks like droughts. Notable instances are Yemen, Ethiopia, and Nigeria, where over a million more people experience severe food insecurity than they did the year before.

According to the paper, Nigeria’s escalating crisis is caused by a confluence of socio-political instability in different regions and climate-related problems.

“In Nigeria, an estimated 1.6 million hectares of land have been inundated, including 342,650 hectares of farmland, impacting 685,770 vulnerable people. In Mali, 344,000 people were affected and 1.6 million hectares of land flooded, including nearly 500,000 hectares of cultivated land,” the report mentioned.

“Cameroon, Central African Republic, Côte d’Ivoire, Gambia, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Liberia, Sierra Leone, and Togo have also faced flooding, and northern and northeastern Nigeria and Ghana are experiencing dry spells, with adverse effects on crop production and thus food insecurity.

“In total, floods and droughts have affected approximately 3.5 million people, who require emergency support. It is estimated that $50m is needed to help 760,200 communities meet their basic food needs.”

The analysis also shows that, as of August 2024, food costs in Nigeria were rising at a rate of 37.5% annually, making it one of the countries with the highest domestic food price inflation rates in the world. Due to the burden this price increase has placed on household budgets, it is becoming more and more difficult for low-income families to buy staple foods.

The World Bank demanded quick action to meet the impacted populations’ immediate food requirements while concentrating on long-term fixes to increase resilience against climate shocks.

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