Nigeria’s 2024 Floods Caused the Loss of 855,629mt of Crops Across the Country, FAO Reports
Data from the Food and Agricultural Organisation (FAO), showed that Nigeria lost an estimated 855,629 metric tonnes of food to flooding during this year’s wet season farming.
The loss, FAO said, could have fed 8.5 million people for six months. This is just as the March 2024 Cadre Harmonisé (CH) projected that 31.8 million people in the country were at risk of acute food insecurity.
Assistant FAO Representative for Nigeria, Dr Salisu Mohammed, disclosed, at a briefing to commemorate the WFD, pointed out that although farmers produce more than enough food to feed the global population, around 733 million people go hungry mainly because of conflicts, weather shocks, inequalities and economic downturns.
Nigeria, he pointed out, faces similar challenges as the rest of the world, including climate-related crises, drought and floods, economic situation and insecurity.
The United Nations body, however, warned that Nigeria might face such adversities if urgent solutions were not applied by the government and other stakeholders.