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Nigeria: Families Left Hungry

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Fred de Sam Lazaro presents a series of reports from around the world, examining the intersections...

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The first in a series of reports from around the world about food, food policy, and food security: Nigeria, a country that has historically enjoyed food surpluses. That was before vast oil reserves were discovered. Today Africa's most populous nation must use its revenues to import food–elbowing out impoverished neighbors in a precarious regional food market.

Correspondent: Fred de Sam Lazaro
Producer: Nicole See
Videographer: Tom Adair
Editor: Skip Davis

This video originally aired under the title, "In Nigeria: Scarce water supply and high food prices leave families hungry."

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