Food Security in Nigeria: Government’s Intervention and the Place of Effective Storage
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Security, Food, Storage, Economy

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J. A. , A., E. I., B., & A. M. , D. . (2011). Food Security in Nigeria: Government’s Intervention and the Place of Effective Storage. Asian Journal of Agriculture and Rural Development, 1(2), 56–63. Retrieved from https://archive.aessweb.com/index.php/5005/article/view/482

Abstract

The paper discusses the importance of agriculture to a people, its economy and its place at achieving food security for nations, Nigeria Inclusive. Furthermore, it talked about food security and insecurity and its indices. It delved into prospects for increased agricultural production and how this can be achieved. Again, it discussed efforts that have been put in place by past Nigerian governments at meeting food need of Nigerians and making the country food secured. It maintained that food shortages in Nigeria are due not primarily to underproduction but agreed that more crops should be grown to meet production shortfall. The paper indicted lack of adequate postharvest practices as the chief bane of food security in Nigeria and posits that more should be done to see that food are adequately stored after they are produced to nip wastages and scarcity in the bud. Finally, it recommended that agricultural support programmes, projects, and research institutes that have been put in place be spurred towards stepping up production and do even much more at storage.

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