Published 14 May,2021 via The Nation - Nigeria may experience soaring food prices beyond this year unless urgent steps are taken to tackle insecurity and other factors impeding agriculture, stakeholders in the sector have warned.
They identified poor farming activities and lack of access to credit facilities as other factors threatening food security in the country.
National President of the All Farmers Association of Nigeria (AFAN), Kabir Ibrahim, told our reporter that with the prevailing skyrocketing food prices, it will be more costly for the nation to feed itself without bumper harvests from the wet and dry seasons farming.
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Juliana Agbo, Abuja