TERRORISM AND FOOD SECURITY CHALLENGES IN SOUTHERN KADUNA: EXPLORING THE WAY FORWARD

Abstract

Availability of food, its accessibility and stability, as well as the stability of sufficient quantity of nutritious food, have been the concern and pursuit of the United Nations’ Committee on World Food Security. For any nation to develop, its citizens must be adequately fed or allowed at any given time to have equal right to access any preferred food for sustainability. It can be deduced, therefore, that any threat to food security is considered a threat to human existence. This paper investigates the challenges posed by terrorism to food insecurity in Southern Kaduna, which has been plagued by insecurity, partly due to terrorism. It also attempts to present the way out. The research uses the Neo-Malthusian theory of food security for the study. The paper adopted the geospatial method of analysis to identify and monitor the hazards caused as a result of terrorist activities on food security and/or human life in the area of the study. Furthermore, the research investigates the consequences of food insecurity and also proffers possible solutions to the challenges posed by food insecurity. The study also gives an overview of the historical background of food security in Nigeria, as well as the relationship between terrorism and food security. Moreover, it also delineates the components of food security.