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Nigerians’ll Starve To Death By 2050. by lucasgood833: 7:58am On Feb 05, 2016 |
THE Presidency, yesterday, raised alarm
that Nigerians would starve to death by 2050 if
nothing was done to ensure an all year round
farming.
It also said with the rate the country was going, the
population would by 2050 rise to 509 million.
According to the
Federal Government,
the present mode of
farming will not
sustain the increasing
population in the
country.
It noted that there was
the urgent need for all
major stakeholders to
work towards
improving mechanized
farming and irrigation,
to ensure an all year farming to avert the problem.
Speaking, yesterday, during the budget defence of
2016, Minister of Agriculture, Chief Audu Ogbeh,
said the country had the capacity to grow the grass
required by the cattle to consume.
He said: “We have written to state governments to
encourage them to develop dams and canals so
that agriculture becomes an all year round activity
and it is not confined to the rainy season alone.
"Besides, by 2050, Nigeria population will be very
close to 500 million at the current rate of growth.
This is just 34 years from now. If we carry on at the
current rate of one crop per year, with very low
mechanization, Nigerians run the risk of starving to
death.
He said: "We intend to intensify and consolidate on
the local staples, the yams, the cassava, the beans,
especially rice and wheat. Both of which consume
$11 million per day in import. The figure is going
down a bit. We can’t afford that in the long run
because we don’t even have the resources.
“The ministry has put necessary machinery in
motion to stop the constant bloody clashes
between herdsmen and farmers. We have decided
we are going to develop massive paddocks across
the country.
"What the cows are looking for is grass and water.
We have the capacity to grow the grass we want not
just any kind of grass but highly nutritive grass for
the cows to eat. If it can be done in Kenya, Saudi
Arabia, there is no reason why we can’t do it here.
‘’There is sizable provision for grassing at
hinterland, by developing water, drilling of
boreholes and small dams to irrigate those areas
already mapped out. In the process we hope that
the cattle herdsmen would have a more stable life."
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Re: Nigerians’ll Starve To Death By 2050. by amtaken(f): 8:00am On Feb 05, 2016 |
From propaganda to pessimism. |
Re: Nigerians’ll Starve To Death By 2050. by Cutehector(m): 8:02am On Feb 05, 2016 |
It is their descendants that will starve to death. Selfish people. |
Re: Nigerians’ll Starve To Death By 2050. by Khd95(m): 8:03am On Feb 05, 2016 |
Alaji lai,foood don land oo oya come nd blame gej again |
Re: Nigerians’ll Starve To Death By 2050. by nnachukz(m): 8:40am On Feb 05, 2016 |
We can not starve to death as they are speculating. Dull@rd can not remain our president till then. His successor will surely manage the economy and our resources wisely without complaining and blaming. If you go to Anambra state and see how the government is investing you will see that if they continue like that even in the next hundred years they won't starve to death. After all the campaign noise, Dull@rdkpo is falling hands big time. |
Re: Nigerians’ll Starve To Death By 2050. by Mynd44: 8:43am On Feb 05, 2016 |
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