TOWARDS SUSTAINABLE FOOD SECURITY IN NIGERIA: ISSUES AND CHALLENGES
Ejeh, Adoyi Williams1&Orokpo, Ogbole Francis. E,2
1Department of Public Administration, Federal Polytechnic Kaura-Namoda, Zamfara State
2Department of Public Administration, Federal Polytechnic Idah, Kogi State
Email:willieejeh@yahoo.co.uk&orokpogbole@yahoo.com
ABSTRACT
With over 200 million people in Nigeria, feeding and meeting their nutritional needs is not only challenging for the nation but crucial and critical for the quality and quantity of human resource available for sustainable food security. If Nigeria is to meet the Sustainable Development Goal 2 of Zero Hunger and Goal 3 of Good Health and well Being; the issue of food security thus becomes inevitable because food crisis (food insecurity) has become a persistently volatile problem in the country recently with Nigeria skyrocketing food importation. Like many other developing countries, Nigeria has experienced a shortage of food supplies due to economic instability, severe drought, flood and persistent conflicts etc. To feed the future population of Nigeria which the United Nations has projected to reach 398 million in 2050, there is a need to examine the food security apparatus of the nation which will no doubt impact on the nation’s sustainable development. Thus, this paper x-rays the place of food security: Issues and challenges. The paper recommends among others the need for improvement in technology, ensured security of lives and property of farmers and appropriate policy and political will by the government so as to enhance increased domestic production and reduced importation of food.
Keywords: Food, Food Security, Sustainable Development
