Federal finance and statistics / Central Bank of Nigeria

CBN Interventions and Food Security: Rationale, Experience and Challenges

Food security has been defined across a plethora of contexts and policy usage. In one context it is considered a causal pathway/chain of activities from production, through distribution, processing up to and including consumption. According to the FAO (2006), food security is a situation that exists when all people, at all times, have physical, social and economic access to sufficient, safe and nutritious food that meets their dietary needs and food preferences for an active and healthy lif | Keywords: Food security