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This commonly refers to people having "physical and economic access" to food that meets both their nutritional needs and food preferences. [1] Today, Ethiopia faces high levels of food insecurity, ranking as one of the hungriest countries in the world, [2] with an estimated 5.2 million people needing food assistance in 2010. [3]
Nigeria is the most populous country in Africa; a residence for more than 206 million people. [1] Hunger is one of the major issues that affect the citizens. 40% (82 million people) of the citizens live below the International Poverty Line of $1.90 daily, whilst another 25% are vulnerable.
Ethiopia is a mostly agrarian rural country [1]: 135 with only its capital, Addis Ababa, having over 1 million people.However the urban population of Ethiopia has expanded dramatically, from 10.8 million in 2002 to 28 million in 2022, [2] a growth of 160%, which has resulted in the urban population as a percentage of the total population growing from 15% to 23% over the same time period. [2]
While 40% decided to spend less on clothes, and 33% pulled back their grocery shop to just the necessities, almost half (43%) also reported cooking at home more than going out to eat this past ...
Food consumption is the amount of food available for human consumption as estimated by Our World in Data. However, the actual food consumption may be lower than the quantity shown as food availability depends on the magnitude of wastage and losses of food in the household , for example during storage, in preparation and cooking , as plate-waste ...
Number of people affected by undernourishment in 2010–12 (by region, in millions) [34] Number of severely food insecure people by region (2014–2018) Food insecurity levels by region and sex (2022) Close to 12 percent of the global population was severely food insecure in 2020, representing 928 million people -148 million more than in 2019. [5]
The United Nations estimates that the population of Nigeria in 2021 was at 213,401,323 [228] [229], distributed as 51.7% rural and 48.3% urban, and with a population density of 167.5 people per square kilometre. Around 42.5% of the population were 14 years or younger, 19.6% were aged 15–24, 30.7% were aged 25–54, 4.0% were aged 55–64, and ...
The food represents a demarcation line for the elites, a "social marker", throughout the history of the humanity. [2] Eating behavior is a highly affiliative act, [3] thus the food one eats is closely tied with one's social class throughout history. [4] In contemporary Western society, social class differences in food consumption follow a ...