The World Bank has stated that Nigeria is facing a worsening food security crisis, with over one million additional people experiencing severe food insecurity in 2024 compared to the previous year.
This was contained in the World Bank’s Food Security Update Report released recently while highlighting that countries like Nigeria, Ethiopia and Yemen have seen a significant rise in the number of people facing acute food shortages.
Nations such as Afghanistan, Guatemala, and Kenya reported declines in food insecurity, with more than one million fewer people facing acute food crises, although these countries remained in significant food crisis situations.
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6 million hectares of land have been inundated, including 342,650 hectares of cropland, affecting 685,770 vulnerable individuals.
In Mali, 344,000 people were affected and 1.
6 million hectares of land flooded, including nearly 500,000 hectares of cultivated landland...
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