Food and agricultural scientists, as well as stakeholders in the agro-industrial sectors have suggested construction of food storage facilities at every local government and state, as well as boosting farm mechanization to increase productivity per hectare.
A grain breeder and Vice Chancellor of Al-Qalam University, Katsina, Prof. Shehu Garki Ado, condemned the lease of 20 national strategic grain reserves, and said lack of farm support infrastructure is a serious factor causing food crisis apart from insecurity. “Banditry, miscreants and looters of food shops compelled food dealers to shift to sale of products that attract little or no looting,” Olakojo explained.
Climate change has caused flooding, desert encroachment on farmlands, and scarcity of rainfalls and droughts. These reduce the ability of farmers to produce enough food. Manual farm operations from land preparation to harvest, have restricted farm expansion, hampered farmers’ productivity and limited food production in Nigeria.
Prof. Ado said to reduce food inflation, supplies should be released from the remaining national strategic reserves. He said: “That leasing out was strategically wrong, as they were supposed to be used to avoid such situation of food inflation. In fact, the government should discontinue the agreement to avoid continuous food inflation yearly.
The only way forward is open all our borders to allow food items into the country
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