The official said the 2020 farming season was faced with serious challenges such as coronavirus and insecurity...........
The association of maize farmers in Nigeria said its members have reduced their 25 million metric tons production target for 2020 by 30 per cent due to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic and insecurity in the country.
“Our target for the year 2020 planting season was 25 million metric tons, but with the prevalence of insecurity as well as the COVID-19 pandemic which has disrupted our activities, we had to make a 25/30 per cent reduction of this target,” Mr Funtua said. The association said they were able to produce about 20 million metric tons of maize in 2019, but expecting less this year due to the situation in the country.
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