Securing Nigeria’s Food Security through Biotechnology and Imperatives of Synergy
In this report, TOYIN OMOZUWA, advocates that policymakers, think tanks, scientists and the media should form a formidable alliance against Nigeria’s growing food insecurity. While calling for deeper collaboration, she said their spirited efforts in the past have not yielded the desired results, largely because of lack of multi-sectoral cooperation. Without multilevel, multi-stakeholders’ synergy, Nigeria’s fight against hunger will be futile, she added.
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Several research findings indicate that food insecurity is prevalent in Nigeria. Last year, Nigeria was ranked 103rd out of 116 countries in the Global Hunger Index. A recent report by the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO), notes that about 19.4 million Nigerians are vul...











