The Russia-Ukraine crisis presents threats to Nigeria’s food security, but potential opportunities for the fertilizer, energy sectors

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dc.creatorBalana, Bedru
dc.creatorAndam, Kwaw S.
dc.creatorAmare, Mulubrhan
dc.creatorAdeyanju, Dolapo
dc.creatorLaborde Debucquet, David
dc.date2023-07-11
dc.date2024-03-14T12:08:57Z
dc.date2024-03-14T12:08:57Z
dc.date.accessioned2026-06-27T15:10:50Z
dc.descriptionThe current rise in global market prices for major food commodities almost mirrors that of the 2008 food crisis, presenting a worldwide threat to food security. The situation is particularly severe in Africa, where the COVID-19 pandemic and now the Russia-Ukraine crisis have exposed the vulnerability of food systems to major shocks, particularly in countries like Nigeria that rely heavily on imports of major staple foods such as rice and wheat. With global food prices spiking and supplies of wheat, oils, and other items disrupted due to the Russia-Ukraine war, Nigeria faces a number of threats to its already precarious food security. Since over 50% of the foods consumed by Nigerian households come from purchased sources, food price inflation threatens to place many people in a worsening food insecurity situation. In particular, Nigeria’s dependence on wheat imports may lead to high prices and supply problems. At the same time, however, Nigeria’s capacity to produce other key items — in particular, fertilizer and natural gas — may allow it to take advantage of global market disruptions from the crisis. In this post, we examine how wheat supply disruptions and spiking prices caused by the Russia-Ukraine conflict may exacerbate food insecurity in Nigeria, and also explore the country’s potential opportunities in the emerging fertilizer sector and energy industries.
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dc.identifierhttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/140120
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/123456789/96903
dc.languageen
dc.publisherInternational Food Policy Research Institute
dc.relationhttps://doi.org/10.2499/9780896294394
dc.relationhttps://www.ifpri.org/blog/russia-ukraine-crisis-presents-threats-nigerias-food-security-potential-opportunities
dc.rightsOpen Access
dc.sourceBalana, Bedru; Andam, Kwaw; Amare, Mulubrhan; Adeyanju, Dolapo; and Laborde Debucquet, David. 2023. The Russia-Ukraine crisis presents threats to Nigeria’s food security, but potential opportunities for the fertilizer, energy sectors. In The Russia-Ukraine Conflict and Global Food Security, eds. Joseph Glauber and David Laborde. Section Four: Country Impacts and Responses: Sub-Saharan Africa, Chapter 32, Pp. 164-169. https://doi.org/10.2499/9780896294394_32.
dc.subjectfertilizers
dc.subjectshock
dc.subjectpolicies
dc.subjectwar
dc.subjectcoronavirus
dc.subjectcovid-19
dc.subjectinflation
dc.subjectagriculture
dc.subjectmarkets
dc.subjecttrade
dc.subjectcoronavirinae
dc.subjectrussia
dc.subjectfood security
dc.subjectukraine
dc.subjectconflicts
dc.subjectcoronavirus disease
dc.subjectprices
dc.subjectclimate change
dc.titleThe Russia-Ukraine crisis presents threats to Nigeria’s food security, but potential opportunities for the fertilizer, energy sectors
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