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Hunger and Undernutrition - Niger - Coggle Diagram
Hunger and Undernutrition - Niger
Where and What:
Where: Niger is a landlocked West African country.
What: It has a population of 21.5 million people, with growth rates of 3.8% annually - one of the highest in the world - and is suffering from hunger.
Causes:
Niger is highly exposed to risks, including drought, locust outbreaks, livestock diseases, food price spikes, and political instability.
It is the third most vulnerable country in the world.
Agricultural productivity is low, with crop yields of staples - There is limited financing, with most farmers having no access to credit or bank accounts.
Limited rainfall.
Low levels of irrigation.
Population reliant on livestock keeping.
Increasing temperatures.
Climate change.
Pressure on resources.
Conflict - Terrorist activities - Bokoharan - Migration.
Population displacement.
Increased food prices.
Human:
Natural:
Soil degradation.
Impacts:
Reduction in Global Hunger Index.
Undernourishment - Percentage of the population with insufficient access to calories - Especially children, which can be disadvantageous to the country - Diseases such as Kwashiorkor and Marasmus.
Number of refugees and internally displaced persons increased since 2015. In Niger's Diffa region, conflict and population displacement have worsened food security.
Rates of child stunting increasing - Indicator of chronic undernutrition.
Many Nigerians have poor diets, including low dietary diversity and a high reliance on staple foods.
One of the lowest levels of educational attainment and literacy - Nigerians average just two years of schooling, and the adult literacy rate is only 31 percent.
Increased death rate and infant mortality rate to 7.8 people per 1000 in 2022.
Greater dependency on other countries and aid.
Mitigation:
Niger’s Economic and Social Development Plan - Identifies eight major challenges that need to be addressed, one of which is to strengthen food and nutrition security.
The Nigeriens Nourishing Nigeriens (3N) initiative - Food security and agricultural development strategy designed to address the structural causes of vulnerability to food and nutrition insecurity in a sustainable way.
Niger’s Agriculture Policy - Contribute to the growth of the economy and ensure food and nutrition security.
The Education and Training Sector Plan - Describes the government’s commitment to education (Inadequate household access to education is a basic cause of undernutrition).
Factors such as increasing farmers’ use of inputs, expanding the amount of land under irrigation, improving the productivity of the livestock sub-sector, and promoting climate-smart agricultural practices have become key priorities.
The Nigerian government should implement nutrition-sensitive programming.
African Development Bank - Supports the nation by providing loads, support and aid.
Pastoral Early Warning System - Provides information on places with fertile lands.
The Great African Wall - Wall of trees for the protection of soils.