Nigeria will struggle to boost food output

Significance This is up from nearly 19 million people in 2023. The crisis has worsened in recent weeks with major food and cost-of-living protests erupting across several states, as well as attacks on food warehouses. In response, the government has announced a series of measures aimed at lowering food prices. Impacts The country’s headline inflation rate will continue to increase, mostly driven by food inflation. Northern Nigeria will be the worst hit by food insecurity. High food prices and scarcity may fuel increasingly predatory behaviour by bandits and jihadists against civilians.