Tag: Food Insecurity
Aid cuts push 1.2m in Northeast Nigeria deeper into hunger – WFP warns
Across West and Central Africa, 55 million people are expected to face crisis-level hunger, or worse, during the June to…
Peter Obi pushes for Agricultural Revolution to combat food insecurity in Africa
Obi pointed to the example of Bangladesh, which produces 35-40 million tons of rice annually on land much smaller than…
Food insecurity: Gambia calls for global support
The Gambian government had declared on Wednesday a status of food insecurity and called on global partners to swiftly respond…
Food Insecurity: ECOWAS pledges to take appropriate measures
The President of ECOWAS Commission, Mr Jean Brou, has pledged to take appropriate measures to deal with situation of food…
Food insecurity: UN agencies warn 7m people in South Sudan at risk
Three UN agencies on Monday warned that seven million people in South Sudan, almost two-thirds of the population, could become…
Shettima calls for proactive measures to check food insecurity in North-East
Gov. Kashim Shettima of Borno has called for proactive measures to mitigate the effects of food insecurity caused by Boko…
How To Banish Hunger From Nigeria
A professor of Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering at the University of Ilorin, Kayode C. Oni, has decried the state of…
Town Planners Stage Walk In Ogun
Members of the Institute of Town Planners (NITP) in Ogun State, South-West Nigeria, on Monday staged a street walk in…