Nigeria s Wheat Independence Bid Stifled by Climate Change and Violence Following Russia s War vervetimes.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from vervetimes.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Abubakar Salisu was terrified when he discovered arid sand in the middle of his farmland, rendering a broad strip unfit for crops. Now, extreme heat is killing his wheat before it is ready for cultivation. Wheat normally requires heat, but in the last three years, farmers in Nigeria’s far north, part of Africa's Sahel region that largely produces the country's homegrown food, have seen an “alarming” increase in heat — much more than required, said Salisu, a local leader of wheat farmers in Kaita, Katsina State.
Conflict and climate change are driving a food security crisis in Nigeria, exacerbated by supply disruptions tied to Russia s war in Ukraine. It means people are spending more for food in Africa s largest economy as it becomes more reliant on imported grain, which is priced in U.S. dollars, and its currency weakens.
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