Climate change is affecting agriculture across Nigeria, threatening food security for millions. Women here say they bear the brunt of the insecurity, as they are responsible for tending the farms and feeding their families. Nigeria is not on track to meet a global goal to reduce hunger by 2015, and government officials say climate change adds yet another obstacle.
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AGBUNGBU, NIGERIA – Before 7 a.m., women and their children hurry to their farms with baskets, hoes and cutlasses in the serene village of Agbungbu in southwestern Nigeria.
“We need to get to the farm early before the sun comes out and make[s] it difficult for us to finish the day’s work,” one woman, Omokunnu Ajiun, says. “The way the sun comes out these days is like it is nearer us, and it will be [as] hot as if one is in hell.”
She says her children must work on the farm before school.
“They will go and join them in the school later when we come back from the farm,” she says without slowing her pace. “They have to assist me with the work in the farm first.”
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