Farming Season: Farmers In Anambra State Seek Govt Support To Tackle Food Insecurity

Farmers in Anambra State have called on government at all levels to provide them with robust support this farming season as a solution to the ongoing food scarcity ravaging Nigeria.

These farmers, including Mr Alfred Nkemdilim; from Okpuno in Awka South Local Government Area, and Mrs Nkechi Ozua; from Amanuke in Awka North Council Area, emphasized the need for increased assistance for farmers, advocating  more financial support, improved access to quality seedlings and enhanced security in farming communities and farm lands; to encourage large-scale cultivation.

Also speaking, the President General of Urum community; also in Awka North Local Government Area, Sir Felix Oranye, who commended the Anambra State Government for its support to farmers, appealed for timely distribution of seedlings and financial aid to farmers, calling for the construction of more access roads to major farming areas to ease transportation and evacuation of farm produce.