National Insecurity and the Challenges of Food Security in Nigeria

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dc.contributor.authorAgaptus Nwozor
dc.contributor.authorJohn Shola Olanrewaju
dc.contributor.authorModupe B. Ake,
dc.date.accessioned2025-05-13T18:48:44Z
dc.date.available2025-05-13T18:48:44Z
dc.date.issued2019
dc.description.abstractAbstract Nigeria has been overly dependent on oil for its foreign exchange earnings and government revenue since the oil boom of the 1970s. Prior to this period, the country was reasonably self-sufficient in food production and carved a respectable niche for itself as a major exporter of several cash crops. However, as agriculture lost its primacy to oil, it went into steady decline due to neglect by successive governments. The neglect led to mass abandonment of farms resulting in extreme peasantization of the sector. A related negative fallout was Nigeria’s transition from food self-sufficiency to food-dependency and attendant massive importation to bridge food gaps. However, efforts are being made by the government to reposition the agricultural sector to boost its productive capacity and make it competitive. The major task of this study is to evaluate Nigeria’s quest to achieve food security against the backdrop of national insecurity. Considering the categorization of Nigeria as food insecure, the study examines the interconnection between national insecurity and food production as a prelude to the actualization of food security. The study relies on primary and secondary data to evaluate the feasibility of food security in the face of sustained insecurity across the country. The study finds that the achievement of food security would be impossible if the insecurity that pervades and envelopes farming communities is not resolved. Keywords: food security, national insecurity, agricultural sector, food insecure, Nigeria
dc.identifier.citationfood security, national insecurity, agricultural sector, food insecure, Nigeria
dc.identifier.issnE-ISSN 2281-4612
dc.identifier.issnISSN 2281-3993
dc.identifier.urihttps://uilspace.unilorin.edu.ng/handle/123456789/16731
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherAcademic Journal of Interdisciplinary Studies
dc.relation.ispartofseriesVol 8 No 4 December 2019; 9-20
dc.titleNational Insecurity and the Challenges of Food Security in Nigeria
dc.title.alternativeAcademic Journal of Interdisciplinary Studies
dc.typeArticle

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