Survey Results

Lack of access to quality food: Millions of Nigerians do not have access to quality food at an affordable price.

Food Market: SFM discovered that the market is not working for the common people in Nigeria. Prices of food sky rocket, especially during the dry season, that is, between January and May. It also periodically go up during the Muslim and Christian festive seasons. This means that the common people have to find more money to feed the family during these periods. They have to make the hard decision to feed or send their children to school or even seek medical treatment when they are sick. The urgency of the food crisis is reinforced by this report:

"Twenty-five million more children will go hungry by the middle of this century as climate change leads to food shortages and soaring prices for staples such as rice, wheat, maize and soya beans, a report says today. Ever more people are denied food because prices are stubbornly high, because purchasing power has fallen due to the economic crisis, or because rains have failed and reserve stocks of grain have been eaten," said Ban Ki-moon, UN Sec. Gen. Even without global warming, rising populations meant the world was headed for food shortages and food price rises".

http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2009/sep/30/food-crisis-malnurtrition-climate-change

Food Wastage: SFM's fact finding shows that 70 percent of the food produced by farmers in Nigeria is wasted due to poor crop handling and storage systems.

Food Crisis: the food crisis is having a devastating impact on the poor people in Nigeria and around the world. SFM's fact-finding shows that some of them subsist on a capital of less than £5 and find it difficult to care for their children and elderly parents.

Interviews with religious leaders: SFM found that there is evidence of chronic hunger among their members. Hence, many of them have launched various schemes such as:

• 'Welfare Office' which coordinates the collection of donation and distribute to disadvantaged members;

• 'Loan Scheme' to individuals to start a small business;

• 'Free Lunch' to pupils attending mission schools;

• 'Free Meal' to the poor in the street.

However, the focus seems to be on putting any food on the table rather than sustaining healthy eating.

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