Climate change turns Nigerian farms into a hunger belt, violating human rights. REMMY NWEKE in this WeekendSalvo@NaijaAgroNet, argues the International Day of Poverty must begin by funding rural resilience and structural reform for smallholder farmers.
Introduction:
The smallholder farmer is the rural backbone of Nigeria, the primary producer of the food that feeds the nation. Yet, this critical population remains tragically vulnerable to external shocks, existing at the razor's edge of food security and poverty.
The smallholder farmer is the rural backbone of Nigeria, the primary producer of the food that feeds the nation. Yet, this critical population remains tragically vulnerable to external shocks, existing at the razor's edge of food security and poverty.
This inherent vulnerability brings into sharp relief the significance of the International Day for the Eradication of Poverty on October 17th.
