Nigeria’s population faces significant nutritional shortfalls, according to the 2016 Food Sustainability Indexpublished wednesday by The Economist Intelligence Unit. Nigeria is ranked second last out of 25 countries, below Ethiopia and Indonesia, for the nutritional health of its population.

One-third of Nigerian children under five are “stunted”, meaning they suffer reduced physical growth due to inadequate nutrition. “Hidden hunger”—a deficiency of micronutrients—is also a problem. Nigeria ranks 23rd out of 25 countries surveyed for vitamin A deficiency, with a prevalence of 29.5per cent. Nutrient deficiencies delay mental development in infants, reducing their ability to learn in later life, with a knock on-effect on school performance.

Nutritional problems are particularly acute in the North-east, where over three million Nigerians are in urgent food crisis due to the conflict between Boko Haram insurgents and the army.



Nigeria scores more positively for its agricultural sector, with high scores for water management and for investment in transport infrastructure, which can reduce food losses.

“Despite major nutrition challenges, Nigeria has huge potential for improving health outcomes of its population through policies and nutritional programmes. There is also room for improvement in terms of agricultural sustainability, especially ensuring that land ownership for smallholders is respected and enforced, which would incentivise farmers to invest in more sustainable farming practices that would safeguard soil quality and preserve water resources,” the index research manager, Maria-Luiza Apostolescu, said.

“Addressing these challenges will make a major contribution to Nigeria’s efforts to reach the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) since nutrition and agriculture influence so many social, environmental and economic factors.”
http://www.thisdaylive.com/index.php/2016/12/01/nigeria-faces-severe-nutrition-problems-according-to-new-index/?utm_source=&utm_medium=twitter

Not even a single good news coming out of naija.

A study indicates that Breast milk is the only single meal that contains all the nutrients human needs to survive. Ok i just thought i could pass this useful piece of information to my Brothers

We are trying our best to eradicate hunger in the Northeast...
Kudos also to all the NGOs in the Northeast (NRC,DRC,Action Against Hunger etc)

Atiku2019:
We are trying our best to eradicate hunger in the Northeast...

Kudos also to all the NGOs in the Northeast (NRC,DRC,Action Against Hunger etc)

True when those boko savages are eradicate it will be much easier for them to do their good work.

Everything is pointing negatively at us. We must rise to get back same way we got here.

Who dem epp

Bad news everyday. ...

When all they do is drink garri without groundnuts, milk or sugar, and use the money for moin-moin to buy 10mb and hail buhari on Twitter.
How will dey not suffer malnutrition?

Akamu‚ plantain and beans every morning... honestly I need a wife am tired of mama put food

Remember this billboard?
Isn't it making a meaning to Nigerians now?

This is plain truth

Place your hands on your head and shout with a thundrous voice,
"my fada,my fada,every spirit of buhari,die by fire die by fire die by fire. I rather enjoy the joy of failing dan to be disgraced as the winner."
Oya turn it into prayer.
If you notice the spirit of buhari in your life
you can pm baba jona <legal ole> if you need full deliverance from the spirit of buhari lurking in your destiny.

Nigeria is behind Ethiopia? We are finished. Sai baba.

Abbeyme:
Who dem epp

if you don't have better thing to say,don't waste your data.

Nawa oo.. Are we moving forward or backward?

No wonder there are fewer fat kids here compared to Libya

Oríṣiríṣi... Malnutrition everywhere when na plastic rice person dey eat.

jesse8048:
Not even a single good news coming out of naija.

Wahala dey

Effect of recession. May God help us.

Can we launch "Operation Feed a Child Today?"

If the Government won't do it for us, we can help in our own little way.

Just make sure you feed a child each day.

Do not do it for a child who already has enough to eat but that child that has nothing to eat.


www.nairaland.com/1798724/

Maybe Northerners and yorubba because their foods have zero nutrients. Easterners foods...Igbo, Ibibio, Efik, Urhobo, Ijaws are packed with nutrients. How to know? Durig lunch, go to Igbo, Ibibio or Efik restaurants and you will see Yorubaas and Hausa packed inside like sardines licking their hands. But you will and can never ever see Igbos, Ibibios, Efiks, Urhobos, Ijaws inside Yorubaa and Hausa restaurants because their foods are useless, we know it. Also If you see an Igbo, Ibibio, Efik, Urhobo or an Ijaw man, you will know by their appearance and how well fed they are.

Kyllahmc:
A study indicates that Breast milk is the only single meal that contains all the nutrients human needs to survive. Ok i just thought i could pass this useful piece of information to my Brothers

there is hunger in the land

since this Bad luck president came to power, we've been jumping from one trouble to another.

herzern1:
Chai!!....

Should I say I'm a victim??

Rice everyday.....Infact Rice don dey qrow for my head

I think we can help each orher cause i am always on beans.

Damn.. We finally somalia

The zoo full of malnourish baboons

ok

NairaMaster1:
Everything is pointing negatively at us. We must rise to get back same way we got here.

because we cannot manage ourselves enough to provide decent life to all. we conveniently give into to tribalism to subjugate and oppress others as long as our families and friends are doing okay, the others can go and die in "osh**** voice"

Malolu:
No wonder there are fewer fat kids here compared to Libya

The difference is that Libyan people do not produce uncountable number of children causing overpopulation. Nigerians (not politicans) are responsible for the population explosion that is causing starvation and poverty in the country!