Farmers in Chukuku Tsoho community of Abuja have lamented the lack of access to fertilisers and basic amenities.
Several policies have been made by the Nigerian government to improve the yield of agricultural produce, but the agrarian community has not benefited.A 70-year-old farmer, Yusuf Mamgba, tells PREMIUM TIMES about the challenges farmers in the community experience.Mr Mamgba said the farmlands lack nutrients because of lack of fertiliser. He lamented that the prices of some of these inputs are ‘outrageous.
Another farmer, who identified himself as Habakkuk, said all his life has been spent in the village, “yet no improvement in their source of livelihood.”He revealed that only one borehole is available in the community “which during the dry season does not function properly.” At the agriculture ministry, the Director, Input and Growth Enhancement Support Scheme , Ishaku Buba, said fertilisers were supplied at subsidised rate “before now.”He said currently, the ministry has no authority to supply these farm inputs to farmers.
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