Students at School Without Walls explore the tension between financial insecurity and nutritional needs.
Nigeria: Oil Rich But Hungry
A generation ago, the African nation of Nigeria launched a plan to embrace modern farming. But today the country is more dependent than ever on imported food.
Mr. Bigg's is the largest fast food chain in Africa's most populous country. This Nigerian chain, loosely modeled on McDonald's, offers hamburgers and French fries as well as local fare.
David Hecht is scheduled to speak at the University of Edinburgh School of Social and Political Science as part of their Center for African Studies seminar series:
Famines often occur during times of drought, but their causes go much deeper than a lack of rain.
Droughts and floods can cause food crises. But so can politics and economics.
The nation blessed with Africa's largest oil reserves and some of its most fertile lands has a problem.
For centuries, nomads from the Fulani ethnic group have driven their cattle across thousands of miles of African grazing lands, through countries including Mali, Niger, Chad, Cameroon and Nigeria.
Food insecurity can result from climate change, urban development, population growth and oil price shifts that are interconnected and rarely confined by borders. It’s an issue of global importance, explored in-depth in the articles, videos and comments available in this Gateway.
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David Hecht has reported from Africa for more than 20 years and in 1994, co-authored a book on contemporary Africa titled “Invisible Governance”. He has contributed to such publications as Fortune,...