Farming, the commonest means of livelihood in these impacted areas, remains a difficult, nearly impossible enterprise due to the sustained...
“Prior to the insurgency, I used to harvest more than 300 bags of farm produce such as rice, maize and beans annually,” she said.
The camp manager of Dalori IDPs camp 2, Mu’azu Garba, disclosed that over 90 per cent of the IDPs in the camp were farmers from Bama, Konduga and Gwoza Local Government Areas of the state. 37-year-old Modu Gana , an IDP from Dalori camp 2, said that they are hungry and without any means to fend for themselves.
Some local government councils in the state have launched operations back to farm to consolidate the efforts of the state government in tackling food insecurity by providing the local farmers with chemicals, fertilisers, seeds and other farm implements with a view to boosting farming activities as the rainy season set-in.
According to a 2017 report by the World Health Organisation, one-third of the 749 known health facilities in Borno State were completely or partially destroyed by the insurgency. He said, “the nutrition crisis mostly affects under-5 children due to terminal illness, inadequate food intake, such as sudden change in quality and quantity of food as well as poor infant feeding practices, among others”.
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