• If This Trend Continues, There’ll Be Chaos In The Country – Dikwa• The Main Challenge For Food And Hunger Solution In Nigeria Is Mechanisation
Two weeks ago, the House of Representatives held a debate on Agriculture and Food Security, which attracted the Minister of Agriculture and Food Security, Minister of State of Agriculture and Food Security, Minister of Blue Economy, Comptroller-General of Customs, Director-General of NEMAHA, the Country Representative of Food and Agricultural Organisation , Managing-Director of NIRSAL, Managing Director of Bank of Agriculture, and Chief Executive Officer of the Agriculture Development Programme...
It is against this background that the lawmakers took turns to raise issues surrounding the farmers herders clashes, incentives available to farmers to boost food production, availability of capital incentives, revitalisation of dams, supply of fertilisers, the rationale behind the seizure of agricultural produce within the country’s territory, distribution of palliatives, and the menace of disgruntled security officials that extort money from trailers conveying food items within the length and...
The Abia-born lawmaker stressed the need to reposition the Bank of Agriculture and Bank of Industry to offer capital incentives to farmers as part of ongoing effort to boost food production in the polity. The minister also stressed the negative impact of such factors as the COVID-19 pandemic; flooding activities, as well as the Naira redesign policy of the Central Bank on food production by agriculturalists.
“Others include boosting the national strategic food reserve and introducing a price stabilisation mechanism, especially for critical food items. And just a few days ago, President Tinubu also constituted a special presidential committee headed by the Chief of Staff to take immediate steps to arrest the worsening food situation.”
On Monday, after weeks of foot-dragging, Kyari announced that distribution of grains would begin nationwide during the week, but The Guardian checks revealed that the said grains were yet to reach their destinations as at the weekend.
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