Floods: Nigeria Could Become Dependent On Food Aid, Farmers Warn

The consequences assumed dangerous dimension last week following reports that about 25 per cent of the country’s rice needs was lost in Nasarawa.

Nair said his company recently upgraded its milling capacity from 120 metric tonnes to 240 metric tonnes annually as part of its efforts to ensure the country’s food availability and security. Speaking with LEADERSHIP WEEKEND, the chairman, All Farmers Association of Nigeria , South West zone, Dr. Olufemi Oke, said the country would experience more food crisis as prices of commodities would eventually escalate before the end of the year.

He commended efforts of the Lagos State government on infrastructure development to encourage farmers to boost their yield. Transactions on food items in Lagos are estimated to be N5 trillion yearly, just as farmers daily lose 40 per cent of produce worth millions of naira due to lack of post-harvest storage system.

According to him, farm clusters will improve productivity, guarantee greater returns for farmers by cutting out several layers of middlemen and facilitate improved access to modern processing and packaging services for farmers and generate useful data for the use of government agencies, private sector players, and multilateral agencies.

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