VangaurdNgr: 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 34years 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 intensity 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 toirrigate those areas
already mapped out. In the process we hope that
the cattle herdsmen would have a more stable
life.”


http://www.vanguardngr.com/2016/02/nigeriansll-starve-to-death-by-2050-if-presidency/

2050 is still far away. and last time I checked there are vast forests in Nigeria

abeg no dy categories all nigerian 2geda,abeg dey put some nigerians go starve....i b farmer and am proud of it

DrDeji20:
2050 is still far away. and last time I checked there are vast forests in Nigeria

make hay while the sun...

The un reports said Northern nigeria..they were specific.

Before 2050 20million wouldve died in Northern Nigeria by then...according to the un report.

Unfortunately this old fool won't be alive by then to witness his bad mouth prediction..Is he God..? All this good for nothing set.

raker300:
The un reports said Northern nigeria..they were specific.

Before 2050 20million wouldve died in Northern Nigeria by then...according to the un report.

only north?

Jabioro:
Unfortunately this old fool won't be alive by then to witness his bad mouth prediction..Is he God..? All this good for nothing set.

easy bro no be fight

Modelsms5:


only north?

yes only northern Nigeria. Google in report of feb 2017

Indiscriminate grazing and destruction of farmland By Fulani herdsmen will hasten The starvation date to 2040.

raker300:
yes only northern Nigeria. Google in report of feb 2017

north is experiencing the phenomenon of the hungry farmer and it would only get worse with time. the country as currently disposed can't really do anything to prevent that, i keep saying it that the if Nigeria should disintegrate today, the new smaller nations would be in a better position to develop and survive.

stonemasonn:
Indiscriminate grazing and destruction of farmland will hasten The starvation to 2040.

exactly, take a look at the benue and other parts of the north. i keep saying it,majority of Nigeria's problems are non solvable because they derive from the very foundation of the country, imagine buhari have already wasted trillions searching for non existing oil in the north at a time other countries are abandoning their oil exploration programs due to the oil glut and attendant low prices. if Nigeria was really a nation, that money would have been invested in agriculture and import substitution/export promotion industries.

may God help us all

Fulani herdsmen are making sure everyone starves to death in 2017 , go to farm and they will kill or rape you.