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Hidden Hunger Burden and Policy Responses in Nigeria: Implications for Attainment of The Sustainable

29 Apr 2020

There was a high correlation between the proportion of undernourished in the population and the prevalence of stunting in children under five years in the country. [...] With a Aims and Objectives of the Study population estimate of 193 million as at 2016 Against the above backdrop, this study was designed to (National Bureau of Statistics, 2018) Nigeria’s is analyze the status of hidden hunger, its trends, sources ranked as the seventh largest in the world and highest and relevant policies implemented to address the in Africa (United Nations Department of Economi. [...] Consequently, the sources of hidden hunger in Nigeria (ii) ascertained the population of Nigeria is projected to surpass that of the effects of hidden hunger on death rates in the country United States by about 2050, at which point it would over the period and, (iii) identified the policies in become the third largest country in the world. [...] UKAid (2014) who noted that , besides a lack of basic protein and energy, the immediate causes of According to the Ministry of Budget and National undernutrition in Nigeria were a lack of micronutrients Planning(2016), the first National Food and Nutrition such as vitamin A, iodine,iron, and zinc. [...] The of the National Policy on Food and Nutrition, the roles of other sectors in improving food security was Federal Ministry of Health (an arm of the Federal also acknowledged.

Authors

Anthony Onoja

Pages
14
Published in
Canada