Sustainable Solutions to Food Insecurity in Nigeria: Perspectives on Irrigation, Crop-Water Productivity, and Antecedents

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dc.contributor.authorWudil, Abdulazeez Hudu
dc.contributor.authorAli, Asghar
dc.contributor.authorRaza, Hafiz Ali
dc.contributor.authorHameed, Muhammad Usman
dc.contributor.authorJellason, Nugun P.
dc.contributor.authorOgbaga, Chukwuma C.
dc.contributor.authorSingh, Kulvir
dc.date.accessioned2024-12-24T19:10:24Z
dc.date.available2024-12-24T19:10:24Z
dc.date.issued2023
dc.departmentSiirt Üniversitesi
dc.description.abstractImproving living standards by enhancing agricultural productivity is mandatory to resolve Nigeria’s socioeconomic problems as more than 50% of the country’s population is dependent on agriculture for a living. Irrigation might offer huge potential in Nigerian agriculture, owing to the country’s vast water resources. This review seeks to provide an overview of Nigeria’s poverty and food insecurity situation and also proposes a long-term solution based on irrigated agriculture. This investigation utilized data from the past 20 years from more than 100 studies on food security, irrigation, and crop-water productivity between 2000 and 2020. The results elucidated that 92% of the evaluated studies opined that improvements in irrigation schemes enhanced the living standards of farming communities, reduced poverty, and improved food security status. Maintaining the current rise in the agriculture sector and its substantial contribution to poverty reduction seems to be indispensable in enhancing agricultural productivity. Therefore, agriculture equipped with better irrigation facilities is necessary for achieving the desired agricultural productivity. It is also crucial to increase the quality and efficacy of social services at all agrarian levels. In summary, enhancing food security, increasing irrigation efficiency, and crop-water productivity by improvement in social participation, facilitation of technical training, research and development promotion, intensification of governance, and public-sector management are of utmost importance for Nigeria. Appropriate access to high-quality marketing opportunities and the adoption of contemporary agricultural technologies would be key to the next level of success. © The Editor(s) (ifapplicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2022.
dc.identifier.doi10.1007/978-3-031-14973-3_13
dc.identifier.endpage371
dc.identifier.isbn978-303114973-3
dc.identifier.isbn978-303114972-6
dc.identifier.scopus2-s2.0-85153437368
dc.identifier.scopusqualityN/A
dc.identifier.startpage353
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org10.1007/978-3-031-14973-3_13
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12604/4103
dc.indekslendigikaynakScopus
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherSpringer International Publishing
dc.relation.ispartofGlobal Agricultural Production: Resilience to Climate Change
dc.relation.publicationcategoryKitap Bölümü - Uluslararası
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/closedAccess
dc.snmzKA_20241222
dc.subjectFood security
dc.subjectIrrigation
dc.subjectLivelihood
dc.subjectNigeria
dc.subjectPoverty
dc.titleSustainable Solutions to Food Insecurity in Nigeria: Perspectives on Irrigation, Crop-Water Productivity, and Antecedents
dc.typeBook Chapter

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