One of the goals of Nigeria’s agricultural
development policy is to ensure that the nation produces enough
food and less dependent on importation so as to ensure adequate
and affordable food for all. Using descriptive statistics, this study
is an attempt to evaluate food security situation in Nigeria from
1991 to 2015. The paper shows that there is a shortfall in
domestically produced food in Nigeria because the growth in the
population of Nigeria is at the rate of 3.2% while the growth in
food production has been less than one. This shows that demand
for food (population) is greater than the supply (agricultural
production) because of factors such as inconsistent government
policies, environmental degradation and non-sustainable
agricultural production. The paper also shows that Nigeria
depends so much on food importation. To achieve sustainable
food security in Nigeria, the paper recommends an improvement
in environmental management in other to increase agricultural
productivity.