⚡ BOOM🔥🔥UNN ISSUES WARNING ON GROWING FOODS AND WATER INSECURITY, DEMANDS POLICY ACTION.

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By Hola ⚡ 

The University of Nigeria, Nsukka, has warned that Nigeria’s food and water systems are facing unprecedented threats from climate change, water scarcity, and escalating insecurity, calling for urgent policy intervention to avert a looming crisis.

Speaking at the university’s annual Policy Day on sustainable natural resource management, held in Enugu State capital on Tuesday, Vice Chancellor Prof. Simon Ortuanya emphasized that the nation’s food and water pillars are under severe stress. “Water scarcity threatens agricultural productivity and livelihoods across many regions. Climate change has disrupted rainfall patterns, and banditry continues to displace farmers and destroy farmlands. The result is a growing threat to food security and social stability,” he said.

The event, organized by the Resource and Environmental Policy Research Centre–Environment for Development (REPRC-EfD Nigeria), featured findings from three major studies:👇🏻

- Water scarcity in Enugu State (conducted with the Enugu State Ministry of Water Resources).

- Gender-differentiated impacts of climate-smart agriculture among cassava farmers.

- The effect of armed banditry on agricultural productivity across Nigeria

Prof. Ortuanya stressed that the university is committed to research that directly informs national policy, adding, “Research must lead the way in finding solutions to these intertwined challenges.” He commended development partners, especially the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (SIDA), for supporting research capacity through the EfD network.

Director of REPRC-EfD Nigeria, Prof. Nnaemeka Chukwuone, said the event aims to bridge research and policymaking. “This policy day is an annual event where we present research findings to policymakers and engage them to draw out policy inputs,” he explained. The event drew stakeholders from federal ministries, security agencies, and state governments, with calls for translating the research into concrete policy reforms to address Nigeria’s deepening water and food security challenges.

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