Going by Nigeria’s enormous land resources, she should be counted as one of the very few countries of the world with potential to provide enough food for its teeming population, but consequent to the visit of natural disaster, flood, hunger seems to be the best company of an average Nigerian.
Even with the continuous importation of food, the prices of foodstuffs have been on the increase in Nigerian markets, especially yam which is believed to be the king of other farm products.

Attributing the current scarcity of the yam in Lagos market to the raging flood, Sokoto Umar, the market leader of Alaba Rago Market, Ojo Lagos, maintained that yam supply into Mile 12 Market at Kosofe Local Government had reduced in the last few weeks because of the ongoing flood disaster that has taken over their farmlands.

According to him, “before, we used to receive between 24 and 29 trailer loads of yam every week; but now, we hardly get up to five trailer loads due to the flood disaster in the country,” he said. “Many farmers complained that their farmlands have been washed away. People are looking for yam to buy and the price is not encouraging.” he said.
Painfully, Umar lamented that the flood has in a short run caused his supplier from Benue, Abuja and Kogi to quit but in other to at least have some yams to sell to buyers; he and other wholesalers had to figure out better ways just to get few tubers from the farmers based in south western Nigeria into the market.
However, Umar kindly advised other agriculturists to be vigilant and take insurance policies seriously in order to avoid total loss in the persistence of the flood or any other form of attack on their farmlands. The farmer who doubles as a trader also advised the government to assist farmers with credit facilities and distribute free yam seeds to boost food production that will better the lives of the citizens. http://dailypost.com.ng/2012/10/11/scarcity-yam-hits-lagos-market/

Na wa o! Tori don get K-leg! Me wey like yam and amala,what would be my fate now? Wahala dey o!

Scarcity of Yam,scarcity of pounded yam,oh no!

Kai,make the flooding stop na

opeeee o ...ThankGod Say No Be Garri

LET GEJ import yam then.

don't let's forget the two states with the highest production of yams have been taken over by flood i.e benue and niger. it's time we started thinking on how to survive the likely food crisis that may visit our land in the next one year.

The flooding situation was always going to have adverse effects. It's a shame the state governments did not act early enough to buffer the effects. But the lands and farms were always going to suffer anyway and there's nothing anyone can do about that. I pray the floods stop and food supply across Nigeria is restored to its peak levels ... Amala must not suffer!

Meanwhile what is the criteria for threads getting to the front page? :S

Would a potential scarcity of Garri have been accorded the same level of respect and importance or is there an eba vs amala rivalry among our mods that we don't know about?

Man shall survive.

MY GOD NEVER SLEEP

hmmm...
Finally! I can now LEGALLY ask whether d scarcity of yam has affected the price of garri in d market...
For: Ijebu Crew!

afam4eva: Thank God that this killer food is scarce. At least it will reduce the number of deaths.

Hmm Yam killer food? :-O

God help us please..from boko haram killing, to petrol scarcity to flooding disasters to food scarcity...very soon epidemic outbreak due to flooding...our hands are not clean especially our leaders

i still have my garri sha.. nothing spoil

Na wa oh.. Well,in as much as i dont like this latest developement,it will be better for yam to be scarce than G4 ... I just pray that this flooding will not affect the availability of G4 ...
With yam scarcity,people will still survive but with G4 scarcity,only few will survive.. Even seun and the mods wey dey attack us,will not survive G4 scarcity..

We have lots of yams here in Edo state....if there is scarcity of yam then let them buy yam from us

kayswag100: hmmm...
Finally! I can now LEGALLY ask whether d scarcity of yam has affected the price of garri in d market...
For: Ijebu Crew!

Kslib: Na wa oh.. Well,in as much as i dont like this latest developement,it will be better for yam to be scarce than G4 ... I just pray that this flooding will not affect the availability of G4 ...
With yam scarcity,people will still survive but with G4 scarcity,only few will survive.. Even seun and the mods wey dey attack us,will not survive G4 scarcity..

The Price of G4 has actually gone up. Go figure it. Wahala Dey ooo

have not even tasted tasted it this year.

Switching from pounded yam to pounded garri.

Tamita:
The Price of G4 has actually gone up. Go figure it. Wahala Dey ooo

What is G4

miteolu: LET GEJ import yam then.

jammyng: Switching from pounded yam to pounded garri.

free2ryhme: i still have my garri sha.. nothing spoil

When yam..dey waste for house and village..if u need yam email me

Myself2:

What is G4

garrium

poundo scarcity and bush meat also

Oh no! My lovely Discorea spp. The second most valuable and important food in Naija after G4. Gonna miss my boiled yam, yam porridge, fried yam, pounded yam, Yam and Beans cooked together etc..

How dem want yoruba ppl 2 survive with dis? Nothing like AMARA if yam no dey. Rent increase must be sure next year.

Eat indimie my dear

berem: Na wa o! Tori don get K-leg! Me wey like yam and amala,what would be my fate now? Wahala dey o!

kayswag100: hmmm...
Finally! I can now LEGALLY ask whether d scarcity of yam has affected the price of garri in d market...
For: Ijebu Crew!

u no dey fear?

Myself2:

What is G4

u b confirm ajebo o,shey na me wey dey chop am wit kulikuliniosis go dey ask dis kain question?

kingsceemark: How dem want yoruba ppl 2 survive with dis? Nothing like AMARA if yam no dey. Rent increase must be sure next year.

allow me to educated your intelligence-starved brain...yam flour is jst a variety. There is cassava flour(not cassava flakes o, cos dt is garri) and banana flour. So they will jes flip the switch