The International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) has launched the Global Food Policy Report to mitigate the effect of climate change or increase its adaption.

Director of Communications and Public Affairs, IFPRI, Charlotte Hebebrand while speaking with journalists at the launch said efforts were being made to educate the local farmers on the effects of climate change and how to mitigate it or adapt.

Hebebrand noted that farmers need to adopt the necessary technologies in order to get a very good yield while adapting to climate change.

A Senior Official at IFPRI Clemens Breisinger said they face multiple crises and challenges which include high global food energy, fertiliser prices, drought in different parts of the world and climate change.

He said the launch of the Global Food Policy report shows that the challenges that come with climate change also have potential solutions.

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“The world faces multiple crises and challenges today, we have high global food energy and fertilizer prices, we have drought in different parts of the world and we also have climate change. Today’s event launched the IFPRI Global Food Policy report to show the challenges that come with climate change but also with some of the potential solutions.

“At the same time, we have heard about what the high food and fertilizer mean for Nigeria, and again there is urgent need for action.

“It is important to note that for climate change and a lot of the global emission has been caused by industrialized countries and all the countries in Africa including Nigeria have to bear the brunt of the consequences”, he noted.

In his address, the Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Dr Muhammed Abubakar said the ministry will leverage on the policy to make sure that food security is ensured in this country.

The Minister who was represented by the Access and Mobility Project (RAMP), Ularamu Ubandoma, noted that the Ministry has a lot of programs that are geared towards ensuring food security in Nigeria.

The programs, he said, range from projects that are being sponsored by development partners, and of course the one the government of Nigeria is doing.