Despite the devastating effects of flooding on farmlands, the federal government yesterday gave assurance that the country will not experience food shortage
Minister of agriculture and rural development, Dr Mohammad Mahmood Abubakar at a briefing in Abuja reaffirmed that Nigerians don’t have to panic over food shortage as the government has begun restocking of the strategic food reserve with 200,000 metric tonnes of assorted food commodities.
The minister added that government is embarking on an immediate needs assessment of affected communities and farmlands in all the affected states based on available remote sensing report on 2022 flooding to ascertain the level of damages for appropriate interventions. Abubakar also noted that the federal government has commenced distribution of assorted food commodities from the federal government strategic food reserve to the vulnerable and flood victims through the Federal Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development.
He said that the government was also distributing early maturing seeds , fertiliser, agro-chemicals and agro-equipment to affected crop farmers across the country.
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