AGRICULTURE
On Agriculture today, both the peasant
and the mechanized farmers agree with the
general public that food production and self-
sufficiency require urgent government
action. For too long government policies on
agriculture have been half-hearted, suffering
from inconsistencies and discontinuities.
Yet our real wealth is in farming, livestock,
hatcheries, fishery, horticulture and forestry.
From the information available to me the
issues worrying the public today are:
· Rising food prices, such as maize, corn,
rice and gari.
· Lack of visible impact of government
presence on agriculture.
· Lack of agricultural inputs at affordable
prices. Cost of fertilizers, pesticide and
labour compound the problems of farming.
Extension services are virtually absent in
several states.
· Imports of subsidized food products such
as rice and poultry discourage the growth of
domestic agriculture.
· Wastage of locally grown foods, notably
fruit and vegetables which go bad due to
lack of even moderate scale agro-processing
factories and lack of feeder roads.
Source; The newsnews, Google
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