Food Security Challenges in Nigeria

Any regional policy must built on evidence-based analysis and take into account the cross-border dimension. For example, if you are talking about trade, particularly in the area of livestock and cattle trading, you can not make any reliable, substantial contribution without taking into account cross-border trade between Nigeria and the rest of the region. Overall, if you don’t take into account Nigeria’s predominant position, you are likely to arrive to wrong conlusions for any policy decision that you might take in terms of regional trading.

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  • Food security challenges

    Lapodini Marc Atouga, ECOWAS Commissioner for Agriculture, Environment and Water Resources, talks about current food security challenges in West Africa, his priorities and vision.

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  • The humanitarian situation in Mali

    Interview with H.E Boubacar Sidiki Touré, Ambassador of Mali to France
    led by Julia Wanjiru, 27 April 2012

    H. E. Touré presents his viewpoints on the humanitarian situation in Northern Mali, the role played by the Diaspora and the efforts underway for the resolution of the conflict.

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  • Nigeria's energy challenges

    Interview with Prof. Abubakar S. Sambo, CEO, Energy Commission of Nigeria

    led by Margaret Egbula, June 2011

    Nigeria faces many energy challenges: More than 60 percent of Nigerians, about 100 million people, have no access to electricity and electricity transmission is a major
    problem in the country. A new, comprehensive Roadmap for Power Sector Reform and privatisation shall help address these problems.

     

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