. Millions of children are dying of hunger and malnutrition, as the Buhari government chose to cut the funding to a nutrition program from the 2020 budget.
Families have to choose between hunger and malnutrition. They have to choose between consuming food and giving nutrients to their bodies, and this has become our new normal. Young people now face stunting in both their physiological and psychological growth because of this new normal. It is hard to reconcile the level of hunger and malnutrition in the country with the fact that 84.21 billion Naira was made from Agric exports in the third quarter of last year alone.
. Yet data shows that about 70 percent of households in Nigeria participate in crop farming activities. This gives a glimpse into how much potential the Agric sector holds for the economy, and how much of that potential is still underexplored. This inability to reach the destination of plenty that we can see is because our agricultural reforms have the wrong focus and take the wrong direction. The Buhari government of ‘anti-corruption’ oversaw an Anchor Borrower’s Program that was riddled with corruption.
were shortchanged, according to reports. The corruption made it impossible for rural farmers to access the loans and other financial services they need for seeds, fertilizers, farm equipment, etc. to maximize the potential of their farmlands. This corruption is only possible because of the financialization and ultra-commercialization of agriculture which has taken attention away from the simple blessing of growing to feed and nurture a hungry nation.
and properties too. There is hardly any commensurate compensation for these farmers by the government. Rather than let these untapped resources lead to environmental disasters like flooding, the government should invest in turning them into renewable energy with investments in effective irrigation, solar power, small wind turbines, and biogas plants.
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