persius555:
I just came out of an agricultural conference. Believe me, there are too many bottleneck and red flags in our sector that stifles agricultural investments. To start, take a look at the agricultural policy of these countries and compare to ours and you would realise quickly why we cant have a viable agricultural sector. I am not sure if these policies are there by intent or the policy makers are ignorant of what the challenges are.

God save this country!!!

cindybella101:
First tell our President to caution his brothers( herdsmen) that are destroying the small we are planting. Thanks

thomasthomas:
I don't think you have a farm that's why you want to politicise it, and if you do, that issue is being looked at but what happens when the herdsmen stop destroying the farms is what will prove how industrious you are!

Blame is a lazy man's game be careful!

cindybella101:

Everybody in Nigeria cannot be a farmer or own a farm and secondly there is nothing to politicize here cos you can't tell me the activities of the murderous herdsmen is not affecting our farm produce. Go to Benue state and see how cows destroy peoples farm produce and you are here talking about industrious, how can you tell someone to be industrious when the few that are industrious are being killed on a daily basis ? You can't compare our last year farm production to thus year can you ? So now think about it and tell me the cause of the scarcity in a space of less than one year. Thanks

oganology33:
Past govt hasn't done enof 2 attarct ppl 2 Agriculture. Present govt is even worse in the agric sector. The Govt nids 2 make the agric sector more attractive 4 young Nigerians.

If the govt reduces the beaurocracy involved in acquiring Fertilizers, pesticides as well as loans 4 young ppl. Another issue is protection of young farmers from large Farm bullies.

Our leaders are deliberately short-sighted. Can u imagine dat Agriculture can solve most of our major economic problems such as Unemployment, diversification, low GDP, Crash in naira, crime rate(militancy/insurgency, etc but our govts have bin 2 lazy 2 work towards it.

Little wonder y Mr. President took over the Ministry of Pet. instead of Agriculture

thomasthomas:
Why can't everybody be a farmer in Nigeria? It's not an impossibility tho. You don't need a large farm to be a farmer. You can plant waterleaf around the house even in containers.

Besides you can't use one event to generalise, Nigeria has 36 states plus FCT so if we are having problems now with one state how about the other 35? Also Benue has other LGAs that are not affected. Do we have herdsmen destroying farms too in those states and LGAs? Wired fence is not too expensive to build for around your farm to keep animals away.

To escape hunger is not through blame, everyone needs to work hard and be industrious.

I still say again, blame is a lazy man's game!

ckmayoca:
Na vex the thomasthomas guy carry come NL this evening oh. You carry rice do example but we can't all plant rice. Those willing to go into large scale farmining don't av access to machinery so do you have a way to assist them our new agric minister @thomasthomas

persius555:
I just came out of an agricultural conference. Believe me, there are too many bottleneck and red flags in our sector that stifles agricultural investments. To start, take a look at the agricultural policy of these countries and compare to ours and you would realise quickly why we cant have a viable agricultural sector. I am not sure if these policies are there by intent or the policy makers are ignorant of what the challenges are.

God save this country!!!

oganology33:
Past govt hasn't done enof 2 attarct ppl 2 Agriculture. Present govt is even worse in the agric sector. The Govt nids 2 make the agric sector more attractive 4 young Nigerians.
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Did govt make oil banking or Telecom sector attractive

[/b]If the govt reduces the beaurocracy involved in acquiring Fertilizers, pesticides as well as loans 4 young ppl. Another issue is protection of young farmers from large Farm bullies.
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What bureaucrac
Fertiliser is sold in open market
Must you collect loan to enter farm
Did your forefathers take loan bfor farming

[/b]Our leaders are deliberately short-sighted. Can u imagine dat Agriculture can solve most of our major economic problems such as Unemployment, diversification, low GDP, Crash in naira, crime rate(militancy/insurgency, etc but our govts have bin 2 lazy 2 work towards it.
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Yet you would rather work in she'll than on the farm

[/b]Little wonder y Mr. President took over the Ministry of Pet. instead of Agriculture

cindybella101:

Everybody in Nigeria cannot be a farmer or own a farm and secondly there is nothing to politicize here cos you can't tell me the activities of the murderous herdsmen is not affecting our farm produce. Go to Benue state and see how cows destroy peoples farm produce and you are here talking about industrious, how can you tell someone to be industrious when the few that are industrious are being killed on a daily basis ? You can't compare our last year farm production to thus year can you ? So now think about it and tell me the cause of the scarcity in a space of less than one year. Thanks

cindybella101:

I use Benue state as an example or you don't read in the news how many states the murderous herdsmen use to attack ? In my family we don't buy bitter leaf or chicken cos we have a farm and poultry that meet our immediate needs so at least I am a bit industrious and once again I am still saying in a country everybody cannot be a farmer. The destruction of farmlands for cow grazing is a major problem. If you go to Benue(using it as example cos I have lived there) many people don't go to farm again cos of fear, just as their governor was complaining last month how they destroy his large rice farm and olu falea also complained of how they killed his farm guard and destroy part of his farm so can't you its a major problem. When I was schooling in Benue state(last three years) the big tubers of yam and potatoes I bought l couldn't finish for a full two semesters cos they are very big and very cheap, now go back to the same Benue state now and see them selling a yam they would have normally sold at #1000 selling for #2500 can you see now that the activities of the murderous herdsmen is a major problem ?

mikolo80:

God will not do anythin
He has done 99%
The remaining 1% is up to us

Mention 3 bottlenecks
You're waiting for policy ba
You think Agric is by conference

You better enter farm

ckmayoca:
Na vex the thomasthomas guy carry come NL this evening oh. You carry rice do example but we can't all plant rice. Those willing to go into large scale farmining don't av access to machinery so do you have a way to assist them our new agric minister @thomasthomas

thomasthomas:
It's a sad thing when you listen to people lament about the cost of a bag of Thailand rice which I learnt about 18,000 naira. I quickly did a research on the population of Thailand and discovered Thailand is just 67 million people and I wonder 180 million people are being fed by just 67 million people? Oh what a shame!

The Sultan of Sokoto decried the ban on the importation of rice from this tiny country to feed the 'giant of Africa', oh what a disgrace. Nigeria has no business importing food with the population we have. If we are indeed industrious, with the population, we should have enough to export to other countries and not import.

It saddens me that a country of 180 million people with a large land mass still beg for food from tiny nations; we import, rice, frozen chicken, frozen fish, onions and even tomato paste! Why can't people be more industrious in farming? Why should smaller nations be feeding us while we cry to the government for food?

People need to be more industrious at least let us feed ourselves well! I'm sick and tired of this rice dey cost, there's no food, it's just a sign of laziness on the part of Nigerians!

Wake up people and cultivate your land, raise animals and feed yourselves, STOP BEING LAZY.

BLAME IS A LAZY MAN'S GAME! Stop blaming the government for your laziness!

thomasthomas:
Why can't everybody be a farmer in Nigeria? It's not an impossibility tho. You don't need a large farm to be a farmer. You can plant waterleaf around the house even in containers.

Besides you can't use one event to generalise, Nigeria has 36 states plus FCT so if we are having problems now with one state how about the other 35? Also Benue has other LGAs that are not affected. Do we have herdsmen destroying farms too in those states and LGAs? Wired fence is not too expensive to build for around your farm to keep animals away.

To escape hunger is not through blame, everyone needs to work hard and be industrious.

I still say again, blame is a lazy man's game!

mikolo80:


How much is tractor
500 k to 5 mill to 50 mill

Do ppl prefer to buy second starlet, evil spirit or Bugatti instead of tractors.
Everyone can invest in farming through the stock exchange.
Forget everybody, what about the 100 million farmers.
What are the using their association dues for.
1,1 thousand is 100 billion for tractors.
What's your next excuse

cindybella101:

Everybody in Nigeria cannot be a farmer or own a farm and secondly there is nothing to politicize here cos you can't tell me the activities of the murderous herdsmen is not affecting our farm produce. Go to Benue state and see how cows destroy peoples farm produce and you are here talking about industrious, how can you tell someone to be industrious when the few that are industrious are being killed on a daily basis ? You can't compare our last year farm production to thus year can you ? So now think about it and tell me the cause of the scarcity in a space of less than one year. Thanks

thomasthomas:
That's very good of you! I also sympathise with the farmers that are affected by the herdsmen. When Nigeria faces an issue I always want the issue to be tackled without politicising it.

The activities of the herdsmen affect food supply and so should be curtailed! But that's not withstanding other states and not producing as enough food as they should. Benue is the food basket of the nation. What are other states doing? The issue will soon be resolved as so everyone needs to be industrious else we will keep crying for food to eat while we have a fertile land uncultivated.

thomasthomas:
If I have the wherewithal I will feed Nigerians with rice so they won't go begging Thailand for rice . When I made my point, I said Nigerians both government and individuals. Government including Federal, State and Local.

We need to be industrious as a nation! Just imagine the embarrassment if Thailand says they won't give us rice again

keally:
. Stop playing the ostrich,talking as if you are hiding something. How much was a bag of rice last year? N7000, isn't it. Don't you know how Buhari's kinsmen, the herdsmen have succeeded in driving farmers away from farms nationwide, or are you pretending?buhariisadisaster#

mikolo80:
see you better leave these ppl.
They were taught to complain from primary school to university
It's not easy to de program that moulded thinking with mouth.
We have to go in an lay example.
Jesus simply turned wine into water,raise people from the dead, sighted the blind and shared bread and sandine. If not all you're saying is grammar

thomasthomas:


Nigerians complain too much even little issues they can handle themselves.

mikolo80:
see you better leave these ppl.
They were taught to complain from primary school to university
It's not easy to de program that moulded thinking with mouth.
We have to go in an lay example.
Jesus simply turned wine into water,raise people from the dead, sighted the blind and shared bread and sandine. If not all you're saying is grammar

Standing5:
I think cattles should be completely banned in Benue, plateau, Ebonyi atleast. They are our food baskets states and the FG shld be able to ban cattles there if it can think of creating reserve areas for cows.