{"id":74777,"date":"2021-08-24T17:27:15","date_gmt":"2021-08-24T16:27:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/?p=74777"},"modified":"2021-08-24T17:34:35","modified_gmt":"2021-08-24T16:34:35","slug":"minister-nigeria-at-risk-of-food-scarcity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2021\/08\/24\/minister-nigeria-at-risk-of-food-scarcity\/","title":{"rendered":"Minister: Nigeria at risk of food scarcity"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Minister of state for agriculture and rural development, Mustapha Shehuri has stated that the country&#8217;s food system is weak and vulnerable to shocks.<\/p>\n<p>This was stated on Monday by Shehuri at the year\u2019s \u2018Feed Nigeria Summit\u2019 held in Abuja.<\/p>\n<p>Shehuri who was represented by Karima Babangida, director of federal department of agriculture, Shehuri said the summit will assist the ministry to re-examine the weak link, with a view to strengthening it for an agricultural system that will work for Nigeria and stabilise food security.<\/p>\n<p>He said the ministry is determined to create a functional food system that will guarantee all citizens unrestricted access to good quality, nutritious and safe food.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis underscores the various programmes and interventions that are ongoing in the ministry in areas of agricultural livelihood and support, food safety, and the provision of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2021\/08\/18\/infrastructure-financing-solely-by-government-unsustainable-says-zainab-ahmed\/\">infrastructure<\/a> in different ecological zones of the country,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>He said for a sustainable food system, the country must rise to overcome the challenges of poor quality food supplies, hunger, malnutrition and improper habit of food wastage.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is the acceptable consumption behaviour globally to which the average Nigerian, especially in the urban areas, pays little or no attention,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf we devote so much to produce, we should pay more attention to avoid waste because of its negative economic and environmental impact.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Also speaking, Muhammad Nanono, minister of agriculture and rural development, said the country may produce enough food to eat, but people will still sleep with hunger because they did not have enough money to buy the food.<\/p>\n<p>He attributed the problem to unemployment and identified this as a great challenge to the nation.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI recently met with some young Nigerians who are into processing and synergising agriculture with industry, and that is exactly what we need in this country,\u201d Nanono said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cUnless we create that relationship and make it strong, poverty will persist.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf we do not focus on how to remove this fundamental issue of an army of unemployed youths and move them to be gainfully employed, we are doing nothing, the relationship between the agricultural sector and the industrial sector is a must.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Nanono said the federal government is implementing new strategies to aid the development of the agricultural sector and strengthen the value chain.<\/p>\n<p>He, however, lamented that Nigeria still imported a significant amount of food and was not earning as much foreign exchange as it should from agriculture.<\/p>\n<p>The minister said, for this reason, it has become imperative to re-strategise and deploy innovation to tackle the longstanding issues and lead Nigeria towards food sufficiency.<\/p>\n<p>The United Nations (UN) in June said about 4.4 million people\u00a0are facing food insecurity in the north-eastern region of Nigeria.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Minister of state for agriculture and rural development, Mustapha Shehuri has stated that the country&#8217;s food system is weak and vulnerable to shocks. 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