courage89:
Interesting. Do the civil servants also get paid for those days not at work? How do you ensure these civil servants are actually using those days for farm work that will improve food security? How many of these people actually have farms that would require days off? Our government always implementing half baked policies.

Why not implement a direct agricultural productivity policies specifically for farmers to boost production within the state.
Do not not mix the two work together. It’s either you’re a farmer or civil servant. Incentivize both vocations to get effective and efficient results.

In the process of deceiving us they are also deceiving themselves

Let him make loan available for them too is the government is serious

Angelfrost:
Good move... But approving the days won't suffice.

If we want to boost Agriculture across the nation, the government must make the sector flourish and profitable.

Give out lands on lease to unemployed youths with the passion and interest... Teach them modern farming practices, gift them fertilizers, and seedlings.

In less than 10 years, there will be an agricultural revolution culminating in massive exportation of agricultural products.


Above all... Tackle Insecurity once and for all!

I think the best way to revolutionize agriculture production is really to bring back marketing boards. Incentivize prices, ensure farmers can sell their goods at a profitable margin. If this happens, it will incentivize them to always plan for growth including; borrowing from banks to farm at a good margin, paying for insurance to protect their margin and others.
The marketing boards will have ample product purchases ready for international markets to generate foreign exchange.

Subsidizing the market via free fertilizers, lands et.all helps in the short term. Lasting, sustainable solutions to agricultural productivity is what Nigeria needs at this challenging time. That is to create a viable marketing boards around our comparable products.

It starts with a vision. What are each states viable agricultural products? What’s their current yearly production per tonnage? How can we grow these production on a yearly basis? What’s the role of government (policy/ies), and the role of farmers? Where do these roles, objectives converge to ensure harmony (education, support, accountability, transparency).

Each state can create viable marketing boards on their own, and integrate it with national marketing board systems. Another option is federal marketing boards system that recognizes each state’s agricultural comparative advantages, and capitalizes on that.

courage89:
Interesting. Do the civil servants also get paid for those days not at work? How do you ensure these civil servants are actually using those days for farm work that will improve food security? How many of these people actually have farms that would require days off? Our government always implementing half baked policies.

Why not implement a direct agricultural productivity policies specifically for farmers to boost production within the state.
Do not not mix the two work together. It’s either you’re a farmer or civil servant. Incentivize both vocations to get effective and efficient results.

you really think civil servants were doing any work before. It's just job for the lazy

Klington:
At a time when kidnapping and herdsmen attacks are the order of the day.

It is what it is

You think people don't want to go back to their farms

No they don't

You think people have suddenly become lazy

No
They always have been

You think people are okay with with current food prices hitting the high heavens

Yes
Otherwise they wud hv fine the needful (farm)

And you also think that their 9-5 jobs is the reason why there is food shortage

Yes
Everyone of them wants soft life

Nigerian politicians are the worst human beings on earth.

[b]
Hamas, isis, Boko nko?
Don't forget we voted for them by omission or commission

They will rather do window dressing with the symptoms to the challenges than tackle the real monster[/b]

before nko
No be to pacify una

YoshihideSuga:
Where are the farms in Bayesla? When did Bayesla begin to have farmlands to cultivate crops? Also, what sort of crops is Bayesla known to be a major or seemingly significant producer of?

Plantain, yam, rice, potatoes, vegetables etc.

RightChannel:
An avenue for Herdsmen to strike bitterly

If herdsmen worry for Bayelsa, we'll kill every single one of them.

It should be a nationwide thing. weekly day to go to farm

Dididrumz:



If herdsmen worry for Bayelsa, we'll kill every single one of them.

How many of them have you killed since Buhari adminstration up till date?

GrandFinale2021:
RightChannel is right.
no state is immuned to herdsmen attack
https://www.vanguardngr.com/2024/02/armed-herders-terrorise-bayelsa-delta-farmers-fishermen/amp/

No state in Nigeria is immuned to herdsmen attack

OviOrunmila:


Another excuse for being lazy

So only the laziness are victims of herdsmen attacked? Maybe your gallant soldiers are also lazy in the hand of herdsmen

Oceanjagaban:

Herdsmen in which state?ona no go dey talk well sometimes

You mean your state is safe from herdsmen attacked?


https://www.vanguardngr.com/2024/02/armed-herders-terrorise-bayelsa-delta-farmers-fishermen/amp/