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Farmers/Herders Crisis: Nigeria losses N3.5trn annually — SWOFON
PEEVED by the spate of farmer/ herder crisis in the country, the Small Scale Women’s Farmers Organization in Nigeria, SWOFON, Thursday, disclosed that Nigeria accounts for post-harvest losses of about N3.5 trillion annually, lamenting that such a loss impedes the growth of the agricultural sector.
The National President, SWOFON, Mary Afan, made this known in a communique signed by her, which was issued at a two-day meeting in Abuja, to popularize the National Gender Policy in Agriculture for smallholder women farmers, in partnership with ActionAid Nigeria.
Afan highlighted that, according to the Cadre Harmonise report of March 2021, about 12.8 million people in 16 northern States of Adamawa, Bauchi, Benue, Borno, Gombe, Jigawa, Kaduna, Kano, Katsina, Kebbi, Niger, Plateau, Taraba, Sokoto, Yobe, Zamfara and the FCT are currently faced with food and nutrition insecurity due to climate change, insecurity, famers herders clashes and the COVID-19 pandemic.
He said “Apart from these 16 Northern states, other states are also faced with food and nutrition insecurity due to similar factors like insecurity, while food and nutrition insecurity is further exacerbated across Nigeria through post-harvest losses of about N3.5 trillion annually.”
On key recommendations to soothe farmers/herders clashes, the communique said “Humanitarian and food voucher interventions should be carried out across Nigeria while massive investments should focus on tackling post-harvest losses, climate change, insecurity and farmers herders clashes.”
The communique read: “Ministries of Agriculture should constitute their State Gender Steering Committee for the implementation of the Gender Policy in the Agricultural sector, in a bid to offer equal access and gender-sensitive approaches towards food production....
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