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A World Food Programme report on the outlook for acute food insecurity globally said Nigeria has joined the world’s “hunger hotspots”, which analysts attribute to insecurity in farming areas and high costs of seed, fertiliser, chemicals and diesel. Bandits demand as much as 3 million naira per village to allow farmers to work
A World Food Programme report on the outlook for acute food insecurity globally said Nigeria has joined the world’s “hunger hotspots”, which analysts attribute to insecurity in farming areas and high costs of seed, fertiliser, chemicals and diesel. Bandits demand as much as 3 million naira per village to allow farmers to work. Lagos-based consultancy SBM Intelligence said 1,356 farmers in Nigeria were killed since 2020. This year, 137 deaths had been recorded, it said, adding that farming was becoming a dangerous occupation. The risk is very grave, stated Confidence McHarry, SBM’s lead security analyst, adding that gunmen also attacked farmers on suspicion of collaborating with the military.
Defence spokesperson Maj-Gen Edward Buba said that with the rainy season underway, the military was prioritising farmers’ security. The farmers’ union are keying into the farm protection plan of the armed forces to make the best of the rainy season,” he said, without elaborating.
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But for 22-year-old farmer Abdulaziz Gora in Zamfara state, next to Katsina, there is little hope of returning to his farm. He relocated to the state capital Gusau after a violent attack on his village in May, abandoning his soybean and maize crops. Anyone caught there risks being kidnapped or killed, he asked.
