Following incessant violent attacks on lives and
property by insurgents in the North East region of the country, there are
strong indications that the Northern part of Adamawa may experience shortage of
foodstuff and livestock, NaijaAgroNet
authoritatively gathered.
An agriculturalist, Dr Walia Hamman, said
at the weekend that most of the victims killed in Madagali and Michika local
government areas of the state were peasant farmers who produced about 70 per
cent of foodstuff in the state.
Dr Hamman had told the News Agency of
Nigeria (NAN) in Yola that records showed a significant number of farmers had
abandoned their farmlands and migrated to neighbouring towns and states in fear
of attacks.
He also said that a survey conducted by the
ministry indicated that thousands of farmers in the affected areas had not
shown interest to cultivate crops in 2014.
``If urgent step to encourage the few
farmers still residing within the affected areas to cultivate crops is not
taken, there will be possibility of hunger in some communities living in Madagali
and Michika this year,” he said.
He listed Chakawa, Zanzha and Bitiku as
some of the few villages in Madagali Local Government Area that were mostly
affected by the activities perpetrated by the insurgents adding that officials
of the ministry in the area were encouraging farmers to go back to farming to
mitigate the expected shortage of food.
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