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The solution to food inflation, hunger and poverty in Nigeria 🇳🇬 is AGRICULTURE. Here are my suggestions on how to achieve this:

1. The Government needs to curb the Fulani bandits who do not want Southern and Christian Nigerians in the North to Farm.
2. Youths must be motivated into Farming.
3. Collective and Community Farming
4. Bank of Agriculture must function nationwide and not just left to be Bank of the North.
5. Government must develop an initiative like N-Power just for Agriculture. It’s going to be like a farming apprenticeship programme where youths will be posted to established farms to work For a year and be paid monthly by the government. Then afterwards, they can develop business plans to start their own farms anywhere in Nigeria and get loan facilities from Bank of Agriculture.
6. The government of Nigeria should get proper specifications of international standard for most crops in high demand in the international market and get agencies like IITA, FIRO, NEPC, NEXIM, etc to harmonise efforts to help farmers improve and work towards meeting same.
The government should attract agricultural and eco-driven investors into Nigeria. Bi-lateral Agricultural trades and deals should be considered with countries like China 🇨🇳, Israel 🇮🇱 and other countries big on agricultural advancements. The richest Chinese 🇨🇳 are farmers, Indian agricultural revolution was instigated through cooperation and cooperative societies.
Nigeria’s population is hitting 300 million before 2050, farmers make only less than 20% of Nigeria’s population which isn’t ideal considering the youth population.

IF WE FARM
1. Food will be cheap
2. Nigeria will make more money from food Exports
3. Nigerians will experience true social wealth, or inclusive wealth. These terms emphasize the idea of a more equitable distribution of resources and opportunities.