One of the important and crucial debates in the world today is how to provide sufficient food for over 7 billion people in the world. In 2019, 690 million people were suffering from hunger globally, while about 135 million people in 55 countries and territories were suffering from acute food insecurity with Africa accounting for 73 million of this figure.

Food insecurity is one of the major challenges of most African governments occasioned by an increasing number of people living in extreme poverty, low-level of human capital and unfavorable climate change in the region. Nigeria has the highest number of people living in extreme poverty globally.

The Global Food Security Index (GFSI) rank that Nigeria has been one of the countries with increasing food insecurity since 2013 while it was ranked 94thamong 113 countries in 2019. Nigeria is facing the challenge of food insecurity, especially in the Northeastern and North-Central states where Conflicts/Insurgency, Kidnapping, Arm Banditry, Cattle rustling and Weather extremes, and unfortunately the COVID-19 Pandemic are aggravating the food security situation.