Ensuring food and nutrition security in rural Nigeria: An assessment of the challenges, information needs, and analytical capacity

Malnutrition is widespread in Nigeria, especially in rural areas. Nigerians are vulnerable to chronic food shortages, erratic supply, poor quality food, and fluctuating food prices. The huge investment in ensuring food and nutrition security for Nigerians has had limited success, and therefore, ther...

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Main Author: Akinyele, Isaac Ọ.
Format: Brief
Language:Inglés
Published: International Food Policy Research Institute 2010
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Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/154334
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description Malnutrition is widespread in Nigeria, especially in rural areas. Nigerians are vulnerable to chronic food shortages, erratic supply, poor quality food, and fluctuating food prices. The huge investment in ensuring food and nutrition security for Nigerians has had limited success, and therefore, there is a need to review and learn from past interventions. This brief provides a glimpse at rural food and nutrition security in Nigeria and highlights gaps in existing knowledge and capacity to analyze Nigeria's food and nutrition security situation.
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spelling CGSpace1543342025-11-06T05:16:23Z Ensuring food and nutrition security in rural Nigeria: An assessment of the challenges, information needs, and analytical capacity Akinyele, Isaac Ọ. agriculture analysis capacity development development policies nutrition rural areas malnutrition Malnutrition is widespread in Nigeria, especially in rural areas. Nigerians are vulnerable to chronic food shortages, erratic supply, poor quality food, and fluctuating food prices. The huge investment in ensuring food and nutrition security for Nigerians has had limited success, and therefore, there is a need to review and learn from past interventions. This brief provides a glimpse at rural food and nutrition security in Nigeria and highlights gaps in existing knowledge and capacity to analyze Nigeria's food and nutrition security situation. 2010 2024-10-01T14:00:56Z 2024-10-01T14:00:56Z Brief https://hdl.handle.net/10568/154334 en Open Access application/pdf International Food Policy Research Institute Akinyele, Isaac Ọ. 2010. Ensuring food and nutrition security in rural Nigeria: An assessment of the challenges, information needs, and analytical capacity. NSSP Brief 18. Abuja, Nigeria: International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI). https://hdl.handle.net/10568/154334
spellingShingle agriculture
analysis
capacity development
development policies
nutrition
rural areas
malnutrition
Akinyele, Isaac Ọ.
Ensuring food and nutrition security in rural Nigeria: An assessment of the challenges, information needs, and analytical capacity
title Ensuring food and nutrition security in rural Nigeria: An assessment of the challenges, information needs, and analytical capacity
title_full Ensuring food and nutrition security in rural Nigeria: An assessment of the challenges, information needs, and analytical capacity
title_fullStr Ensuring food and nutrition security in rural Nigeria: An assessment of the challenges, information needs, and analytical capacity
title_full_unstemmed Ensuring food and nutrition security in rural Nigeria: An assessment of the challenges, information needs, and analytical capacity
title_short Ensuring food and nutrition security in rural Nigeria: An assessment of the challenges, information needs, and analytical capacity
title_sort ensuring food and nutrition security in rural nigeria an assessment of the challenges information needs and analytical capacity
topic agriculture
analysis
capacity development
development policies
nutrition
rural areas
malnutrition
url https://hdl.handle.net/10568/154334
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