THE IMPACT OF RUSSIA-UKRAINE WAR ON NIGERIA FOOD SECURITY FROM 2021-2025

IKE, ADAOBI YVONNE (2026) THE IMPACT OF RUSSIA-UKRAINE WAR ON NIGERIA FOOD SECURITY FROM 2021-2025. Other thesis, Godfrey Okoye University, Enugu.

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Abstract

The study reviewed the impact of the Russia-Ukraine war on Nigeria food security and international relations from 2021 to 2025. The main objective was to review the general effects of the conflict for Nigeria, directed by two specific objectives: to review how the war shaped food availability, accessibility, and affordability in Nigeria, as well as to study how Nigeria diplomatic relations with Russia, Ukraine, as well as other international partners were shaped by the conflict. Secondary data were taken from official publications of the National Bureau of Statistics, Central Bank of Nigeria, World Bank, Food and Agriculture Organization, UN General Assembly Digital Library, and verified peer-reviewed scholarly sources. The study covered Nigeria from 2021 to 2025 using an ex post facto and documentary research design with documentary analysis, descriptive statistics, thematic analysis, as well as temporal analysis as the methods of data study. Black Sea export disruption raised food inflation above 40 percent by 2024, pushed one million more Nigerians into poverty in 2022, and forced 72 percent of families to reduce meal portions. This explains why the study found, first, that the war made a serious and lasting harmful impact on food availability, accessibility, as well as affordability in Nigeria. Nigeria adopted a careful balancing plan marked by chosen UN voting, kept Russia trade and security ties, active Ukraine humanitarian engagement, as well as refusal to full Western side taking through African agency assertions. This explains why the study found, second, that the Russia-Ukraine conflict in a significant way shaped Nigeria diplomatic relations across all key bilateral and multilateral dimensions. Nigeria's conduct in food security and diplomacy was driven by reasoned national interest calculation under external pressure. This explains why the study concludes that Realist Theory provides the most clear approach for explaining both outcomes. The recommendation states that the Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Food Security set up a National Strategic Grain Reserve with a minimum 90-day wheat buffer funded at no less than 5 percent of the yearly federal budget.

Item Type:	Thesis (Other)
Subjects:	J Political Science > JZ International relations
Divisions:	Faculty of Management and Social Sciences
Depositing User:	Uchenna Eneogwe
Date Deposited:	24 Jul 2026 10:32
Last Modified:	24 Jul 2026 10:32
URI:	http://eprints.gouni.edu.ng/id/eprint/5912

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