North-east Nigeria: FAO projects 4 million to face acute Food Insecurity

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) has projected over 4 million people to face high acute food insecurity in Adamawa, Borno, and Yobe States, all in the North-eastern part of Nigeria.

The FAO, in a recent report targeting the region, said the protracted insurgency in North-east Nigeria continues to affect food production in Adamawa, Borno, and Yobe States, causing socio-economic losses and high levels of acute food insecurity and malnutrition.

According to the UN agency, the influx of displaced persons is placing an additional burden on host communities, who already face limited access to land and other resources, thus affecting food production and forcing them to depend on humanitarian assistance.

The Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations (FAO) has said over 4 million people are projected to face high acute food insecurity in Adamawa, Borno, and Yobe.

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As a form of intervention, the FAO said it will provide 42,500 households with quality seeds and fertilizers for the 2022 rainy season and establish integrated aquaculture and horticulture production centres as well as fish-processing centres that would allow the displaced persons to restart their agriculture-based livelihoods.

Also, under its 2022 Humanitarian Response Plan, the agency disclosed that it has increased its funding requirement for 2022, compared with the previous year, to respond to the additional needs that have recently emerged to support the livelihoods, food security and nutrition of resettled displaced persons.

Source: FAO/ Agro Nigeria