Comprehensive Food Security and Vulnerability Analysis: Nigeria

Abstract

The International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), established in 1975, provides evidence-based policy solutions to sustainably end hunger and malnutrition and reduce poverty. The Institute conducts research, communicates results, optimizes partnerships, and builds capacity to ensure sustainable food production, promote healthy food systems, improve markets and trade, transform agriculture, build resilience, and strengthen institutions and governance. Gender is considered in all of the Institute's work. IFPRI collaborates with partners around the world, including development implementers, public institutions, the private sector, and farmers' organizations, to ensure that local, national, regional, and global food policies are based on evidence. IFPRI is a member of the CGIAR Consortium.

Vitamin A cassava in Nigeria: Crop development and delivery

“…All of these options are used in Nigeria, but few details exist on implementation or quantitative impact. The most recent Living Standards Measurement Survey estimates that on average only half (51%) of preschool children receive vitamin A supplements (37% of the poorest (wealth quintile) and up to 74% of the wealthiest quintile children) [5].…”

Awareness, perceptions and willingness to pay for pro vitamin A garri: evidence from Ido local government of Oyo State, Nigeria

“…Consumption of adequate quantities of vitamin A is imperative for sound and healthy immune functions (Sanusi and Akinyele, 2006;Katona and Katona-Apte, 2008). When deficient, it causes severe visual impairment and magnifies the risk of illness and death from common infections (Kennedy et al, 2003;FAO, et al, 2015;Kuku--Shittu et al, 2013;West and Darnton-Hill, 2008;West, 2002). Vitamin A is concentrated in relatively few foods (Meenakshi et al, 2010).…”

Two essays on foreign direct investment and food security in Nigeria: A mixed methods approach.

“…This area is characterized by extensive tree and crop farming systems. The staple crops in this region are root crops, including cassava, yams, and sweet potatoes as well as tree crops such as cacao, oil palm, and rubber, constitute the areas' main commercial produce (Kuku-Shittu et al, 2013). The subhumid zone, which has a savannah landscape, accounts for approximately half of Nigeria's land area and includes the middle belt and northern regions, which are significantly more arid with a rainy season of only four to five months, from around May to September.…”

“…In this region, the staples are millet, cowpeas, and the drought resistant variety of sorghum known as guinea com. The principal commercial crops are cotton and groundnuts (Kuku-Shittu et al, 2013).…”

“…This area is characteristically grain-dominated. The main crops produced include sorghum, millet, corn, cassava, cowpeas and sesame seeds, the most significant commercial crop of this region (Kuku-Shittu et al, 2013) However, the mangrove forest has dwindled over two decades due to urbanization and pollution from oil and gas activities (Ayodeji, Ibeh, & Oyebanjo, 2011).…”