Rising Attacks on Nigerian Farmers Hit Nation’s Food Reserves
- Raid in northeastern Borno state left dozens of people dead
- Nigeria’s northeastern region at risk of famine, UN says
This article is for subscribers only.
A surge in attacks on Nigerian farmers is having a knock-on effect on the West African nation’s food reserves.
Stocks have declined to less than 30,000 metric tons -- a fraction of what the country of 200 million people requires, according to the All Farmers Association of Nigeria. Growing insecurity is making it difficult to augment those supplies, Kabir Ibrahim, the group’s president, said in a Dec. 1 interview.