Poverty Alleviation Programme and Food Insecurity in Nigeria
Nwalie Martin Ike

Abstract
This study investigated the impact of National Poverty Eradication Programme (NAPEP) on food insecurity in Nigeria. It found out that very few people benefited from the programme. Among the beneficiaries there was significant improvement on their income status, they were actually lifted above the poverty line. However, living above poverty line could not guarantee them food security. While over 70% of the few beneficiaries of the programme live on or above 2 USD per day, only 24% of them are food secure. High food price inflation wiped out any gain that might have been made in income generation. This shows that living on or above poverty line does not necessarily imply being food secure and brings to fore the vital role of macro-economic factors of trade, exchange rate, monetary policy and inflation in achieving food security.

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