Fear Of Food Security Threatened As Floods Destroy Farms

Dread of food emergency is uplifting in Nigeria following enormous floods that are attacking harvest ranches in numerous pieces of the nation. 

Numerous farmlands were allegedly annihilated by floods in Kebbi, Zamfara, Niger, Rivers, C/Rivers, Sokoto, Bauchi and a few pieces of Kwara State. 

Rice and maize farmlands were generally influenced and ranchers dread this could additionally climb the costs of the staple food in the nation. 

A Daily Trust market study demonstrated that costs of food things are now going up in the market. 

In Kano, a 100kg of maize presently costs N20,000, N22,000 in Benue, N24, 000 in Abuja and as high as N25,000 in Lagos State. 

A similar size of maize sold between N9, 000 and N11, 000 a year ago the nation over. 

Likewise, 100kg of neighborhood rice presently costs N55,000 in Kano, N58,000 in Abuja, while costs of beans extend from N22,000 to N24, 000 for every 100kg relying upon the market and state. 

– The admonitions – 

The Nigeria Hydrological Services Agency (NIHSA) had cautioned that the flow water level in the Middle Niger of the Niger Basin forecasts some degree of worry for Nigeria as there could be a probability of stream flooding in the states adjoining to River Niger. 

The states, as per the Agency, are Kebbi, Niger, Kwara, Nasarawa, Kogi, Anambra, Delta, Edo, Rivers and Bayelsa. 

The Director-General of the office, Engr. Lenient Onyeaso Nze said the nation through Kebbi State may be overflowed starting from September 6 

Reports from Kebbi had demonstrated that few hectares of rice ranches were washed away by flood and comparative frequency was likewise revealed in certain pieces of Zamfara, Sokoto, Bauchi, Kwara, Cross Rivers, Rivers and Niger states. 

The occurrence is as of now a wellspring of worry for partners in the food segment as they are communicating fears that if the terrible pattern proceeds, there may be food emergency in the nation. 

In Kebbi State, more than 500,000 hectares of farmlands were accounted for to have been crushed by flood. 

The Chairman of the State Emergency Management Agency, Sani Dododo, who declared the occurrence said rice ranches represented around 450,000 of the hectares while the staying 50,000 were for different harvests.