Flooding: FG has Contigency Plan to Prevent Food Shortage, Says Minister Deji Elumoye in Abuja The federal government on Wednesday disclosed that arrangements have been put in place to forestall food shortage in the wake
The federal government on Wednesday disclosed that arrangements have been put in place to forestall food shortage in the wake of losses recorded in the farms as a result of recent flood disaster that ravaged the country.
Abubakar listed multiple dry season farming and other measures as part of government’s plans to mitigate the losses to the floods. “So, we have some money that we are already planning to do dry season farming. Also, in areas of conflict, we are recruiting additional rangers. I told you in another forum that we have agro rangers that provide some measure of security on farm lands. We are recruiting more to do that.
On what the preliminary outlook of the damage to farming by the floods looked like, he said: “Definitely, it’s telling us that yes, we have lost some farmlands. For example, I can give you one. The Olam, which is a private organization, has a rice mill that has been totally submerged, about 4,000 hectares.
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