TY - BOOK ID - 133743177 TI - Food Insecurity in Nigeria: Food Supply Matters : Nigeria AU - Thomas, Alun. AU - Turk, Rima. PY - 2023 PB - Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, DB - UniCat KW - Money and Monetary Policy KW - International Economics KW - Agriculture & Food Policy KW - Macroeconomics KW - Investments: Commodities KW - Exports and Imports KW - Monetary Policy KW - International Agreements and Observance KW - International Organizations KW - Agriculture: Aggregate Supply and Demand Analysis KW - Prices KW - Agricultural Policy KW - Food Policy KW - Macroeconomics: Consumption KW - Saving KW - Wealth KW - Agriculture: General KW - Trade: General KW - Monetary economics KW - International institutions KW - Poverty & precarity KW - Investment & securities KW - International economics KW - Monetary policy KW - International organization KW - Poverty KW - National accounts KW - Commodities KW - International trade KW - International agencies KW - Food security KW - Food prices KW - Consumption KW - Economics KW - Farm produce KW - Nigeria UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:133743177 AB - Against the backdrop of high international food and fertilizer prices, this paper discusses food insecurity in Nigeria, investigates its drivers in a cross-country setting, and assesses the role of policies. Using two proxies for food security, we find that high per capita consumption, high yields and low food inflation support food security. Cross-country estimates of yields and production provided by the FAO/OECD reveal that use of inputs is lower in Nigeria than in other countries, and that policies to raise crop yields positively correlate with better food security conditions. The paper also uses detailed domestic commodity price indices to assess linkages with international prices and the role of import bans. Central bank policies for funding agriculture and import bans have not managed to stimulate agricultural output nor moderated the impact of international food prices. Rather, policies should focus on use of inputs that are severely underused in Nigeria as elsewhere in SSA. ER -