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Agnes Quisumbing

Agnes Quisumbing is a Senior Research Fellow in the Poverty, Gender, and Inclusion Unit. She co-leads a research program that examines how closing the gap between men’s and women’s ownership and control of assets may lead to better development outcomes.

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Nigeria and UNFAO’s report on looming hunger (Nigerian Pilot News)

August 04, 2021


Nigerian Pilot News published an article on the recent report by Global Report on Food Crises (GRFC 2021) concerning Nigeria is quite predictable and alarming. In its 2021 Report, the GRFC stated that 13 million Nigerians risk acute hunger. Nigeria is grouped with six other countries in the negative hunger index. Other countries include Ethiopia, South Sudan, Sudan, Zimbabwe, and the Republic of the Congo. The GRFC is made up of 16 global leading regional organizations belonging to Global Network Against Food Crises, which is led by the FAO, WFP, and IFPRI. According to the report, 55 countries and 155 million people face this threat. 

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