Government Budget for Nutrition-Sensitive Agriculture in Nigeria Increased Following Development of Related Strategy.

Background: Financial resources that are commensurate with the magnitude of malnutrition problem are requisite for effective interventions to reduce malnutrition. Understanding the amount and nature of sectoral investments in nutrition is important for advocating and mobilizing increased government budgetary allocations and release.

Objective: This study assessed trends in Nigeria's agriculture sector nutrition allocations and whether launch of nutrition-sensitive agriculture strategy and/or the COVID-19 pandemic may have affected these nutrition allocations.