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AS farmers risk their lives to produce food for over 200 million mouths daily, the Chairman Board of Trustees of the Federation of Agricultural Commodity Associations of Nigeria, FACAN, Dr Victor Iyama, weekend, called on the Federal Government to prioritize the security of farmers to boost food security.
According to him, the recent short–, medium— and long-term plan to boost food and nutrition security released by the Federal Government through the Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Food Security is good, but the major issue is to ensure the security of farmers. “As far as we are concerned, securing the farms is a very difficult thing but then we are going to have community security and vigilantes are not easy to secure even to the remotest villages. I am involved and I know, the greatest agricultural impediment in the country today is security.
He also pointed out that farmers are still very passionate about food production and availability, therefore, they go to their farms to cultivate crops and rear animals to feed the nation, and so, they need support from the government to frontally tackle the wave of insecurity that had claimed lives of farmers on daily basis across the country.
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