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Vol. 42 No. 3 (2017): Africa Development: Special Issue on Security Regimes in Africa – Prospects and Challenges

8 - ‘Boko Haram is Losing, But so is Food Production’: Conflict and Food Insecurity in Nigeria and Cameroon

https://doi.org/10.57054/ad.v42i3.761
Henry Kam Kah

Corresponding Author(s) : Henry Kam Kah

henry.kah@ubuea.cm

Africa Development, Vol. 42 No. 3 (2017): Africa Development: Special Issue on Security Regimes in Africa – Prospects and Challenges

Abstract

This article examines the chronic food insecurity in parts of Nigeria and Cameroon as a result of the Boko Haram insurgency. This insurgency became active in 2009 and has decimated whole communities, destroyed food crops, killed cattle and forced farmers to flee to protective camps. Many now rely on food aid from international organizations. As Nigeria and its neighbours try to contain the insurgents, a bigger problem has been created or further compounded: that of food insecurity, which has ramifications beyond national borders. Markets have been closed and custom duties have dwindled. This article assesses the ongoing situation.

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Boko Haram Conflict Food Insecurity Nigeria Cameroon
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Kam Kah, H. 2017. 8 - ‘Boko Haram is Losing, But so is Food Production’: Conflict and Food Insecurity in Nigeria and Cameroon. Africa Development. 42, 3 (Dec. 2017). DOI:https://doi.org/10.57054/ad.v42i3.761.
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Henry Kam Kah

University of Buea, Cameroon. Email: henry.kah@ubuea.cm

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