Nigerians in poverty consume little wheat and wheat self-sufficiency programmes will not protect them from price shocks related to the Russia–Ukraine conflict

The Russia–Ukraine conflict has prompted calls for resource diversification and wheat self-sufficiency programmes in import-dependent regions. Here we show that this approach would have minimal impact on poor Nigerians as wheat constitutes only 4% of their total food consumption and 8% of their star...

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Autores principales: Liverpool-Tasie, Saweda Lenis Onipede, Reardon, Thomas, Parkhi, C.M., Dolislager, M.
Formato: Journal Article
Lenguaje:Inglés
Publicado: Springer 2023
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Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/131745
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author Liverpool-Tasie, Saweda Lenis Onipede
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Parkhi, C.M.
Dolislager, M.
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description The Russia–Ukraine conflict has prompted calls for resource diversification and wheat self-sufficiency programmes in import-dependent regions. Here we show that this approach would have minimal impact on poor Nigerians as wheat constitutes only 4% of their total food consumption and 8% of their starchy staple consumption. In contrast, millets, rice, cassava and tubers are ten times more important—highlighting the need for careful consideration of country-context consumption patterns in response to external food system shocks.
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spelling CGSpace1317452025-04-01T21:12:03Z Nigerians in poverty consume little wheat and wheat self-sufficiency programmes will not protect them from price shocks related to the Russia–Ukraine conflict Liverpool-Tasie, Saweda Lenis Onipede Reardon, Thomas Parkhi, C.M. Dolislager, M. food security development economics wheat food consumption poverty alleviation nigeria The Russia–Ukraine conflict has prompted calls for resource diversification and wheat self-sufficiency programmes in import-dependent regions. Here we show that this approach would have minimal impact on poor Nigerians as wheat constitutes only 4% of their total food consumption and 8% of their starchy staple consumption. In contrast, millets, rice, cassava and tubers are ten times more important—highlighting the need for careful consideration of country-context consumption patterns in response to external food system shocks. 2023 2023-09-05T10:17:25Z 2023-09-05T10:17:25Z Journal Article https://hdl.handle.net/10568/131745 en Limited Access Springer Liverpool-Tasie, L.S.O., Reardon, T., Parkhi, C.M. & Dolislager, M. (2023). Nigerians in poverty consume little wheat and wheat self-sufficiency programmes will not protect them from price shocks related to the Russia–Ukraine conflict. Nature Food, 4(4), 288-293.
spellingShingle food security
development economics
wheat
food consumption
poverty alleviation
nigeria
Liverpool-Tasie, Saweda Lenis Onipede
Reardon, Thomas
Parkhi, C.M.
Dolislager, M.
Nigerians in poverty consume little wheat and wheat self-sufficiency programmes will not protect them from price shocks related to the Russia–Ukraine conflict
title Nigerians in poverty consume little wheat and wheat self-sufficiency programmes will not protect them from price shocks related to the Russia–Ukraine conflict
title_full Nigerians in poverty consume little wheat and wheat self-sufficiency programmes will not protect them from price shocks related to the Russia–Ukraine conflict
title_fullStr Nigerians in poverty consume little wheat and wheat self-sufficiency programmes will not protect them from price shocks related to the Russia–Ukraine conflict
title_full_unstemmed Nigerians in poverty consume little wheat and wheat self-sufficiency programmes will not protect them from price shocks related to the Russia–Ukraine conflict
title_short Nigerians in poverty consume little wheat and wheat self-sufficiency programmes will not protect them from price shocks related to the Russia–Ukraine conflict
title_sort nigerians in poverty consume little wheat and wheat self sufficiency programmes will not protect them from price shocks related to the russia ukraine conflict
topic food security
development economics
wheat
food consumption
poverty alleviation
nigeria
url https://hdl.handle.net/10568/131745
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