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Samuel Benin

Samuel Benin is the Acting Director for Africa in the Development Strategies and Governance Unit. He conducts research on national strategies and public investment for accelerating food systems transformation in Africa and provides analytical support to the African Union’s CAADP Biennial Review.

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Nigeria and UNFAO’s report on looming hunger (Nigerian Pilot News)

August 04, 2021


Nigerian Pilot News published an article on the recent report by Global Report on Food Crises (GRFC 2021) concerning Nigeria is quite predictable and alarming. In its 2021 Report, the GRFC stated that 13 million Nigerians risk acute hunger. Nigeria is grouped with six other countries in the negative hunger index. Other countries include Ethiopia, South Sudan, Sudan, Zimbabwe, and the Republic of the Congo. The GRFC is made up of 16 global leading regional organizations belonging to Global Network Against Food Crises, which is led by the FAO, WFP, and IFPRI. According to the report, 55 countries and 155 million people face this threat. 

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