A new analysis by the UnitedNation’s Food and Agriculture Organisation and World Food Programme have identified Nigeria and 26 other countries across the globe as front liners of an impending foodcrisis, driven by the ongoing COVID19 pandemic. Nigeria
and 26 other countries across the globe as front liners of an impending food crisis, driven by the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.
Speaking on the report, Director-General, FAO, Qu Dongyu, said this could be the worst food crisis in generations, as these countries were already grappling with high levels of food insecurity, and acute hunger even before COVID-19. In a bid to counter these trends, FAO, during the weekend, released a revised appeal for $428.5 million under the UN’s Global Humanitarian Response Plan for COVID-19, which addresses the mounting needs in the food and agriculture sector, focusing on urgent livelihoods assistance, maintaining food chains and ensuring the most vulnerable people could access and produce vital nutritious food.
He said the economic and social disruption of the lockdown was felt most between April and May, noting that most farmers’ plants during the rainy season, especially from June to August, and so planting is not really affected.
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