Title

Nigerians in poverty consume little wheat and wheat self-sufficiency programmes will not protect them from price shocks related to the Russia–Ukraine conflict

Authors

Lenis Saweda O. Liverpool-Tasie
Thomas Reardon
Charuta M. Parkhi
Michael Dolislager, Messiah UniversityFollow

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

4-6-2023

Abstract

The Russia–Ukraine conflict has prompted calls for resource diversification and wheat self-sufficiency programmes in import-dependent regions. Here we show that this approach would have minimal impact on poor Nigerians as wheat constitutes only 4% of their total food consumption and 8% of their starchy staple consumption. In contrast, millets, rice, cassava and tubers are ten times more important—highlighting the need for careful consideration of country-context consumption patterns in response to external food system shocks.

Comments

Originally published as:

Liverpool-Tasie, L.S.O., T. Reardon, C.M. Parkhi, M. Dolislager. 2023. Nigerians in poverty consume little wheat and wheat self-sufficiency programmes will not protect them from price shocks related to the Russia–Ukraine conflict. Nature Food. April 6. https://doi.org/10.1038/s43016-023-00722-z

Recommended Citation

Liverpool-Tasie, Lenis Saweda O.; Reardon, Thomas; Parkhi, Charuta M.; and Dolislager, Michael, "Nigerians in poverty consume little wheat and wheat self-sufficiency programmes will not protect them from price shocks related to the Russia–Ukraine conflict" (2023). Business Educator Scholarship. 42.
https://mosaic.messiah.edu/bus_ed/42