Worsening insecurity, flood threat may trigger nationwide food crisis, experts warn

By Chinyere Anyanwu                                  
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Agriculture experts and social scientists have raised fresh fears over Nigeria’s food security outlook, warning that escalating insecurity and forecasts of severe flooding could significantly reduce crop production across key agricultural belts this year.
They noted that the twin threats are already discouraging farming activities and disrupting food supply chains, a development that raises fears of shortages and fresh spikes in food prices if proactive interventions are not urgently implemented by government and relevant stakeholders.
Insecurity, which is spreading across the country like wild ...