{"id":9670,"date":"2011-12-09T12:52:10","date_gmt":"2011-12-09T12:52:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/12\/vegetable-scarcity-looms-in-nigeriafarmers-warn\/"},"modified":"2011-12-09T12:52:10","modified_gmt":"2011-12-09T12:52:10","slug":"vegetable-scarcity-looms-in-nigeriafarmers-warn","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/12\/09\/vegetable-scarcity-looms-in-nigeriafarmers-warn\/","title":{"rendered":"Vegetable scarcity looms in Nigeria,farmers warn"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Gashua (Yobe) \u2013 Alhaji Mohammed Kaku, the Secretary Gashua Vegetables Farmers Union in Yobe, has warned of an impending scarcity of vegetables because of poor storage facilities in the country.<\/p>\n

Kaku on Thursday in Gashua, Yobe said that the situation was forcing farmers to abandon the cultivation of vegetables.<\/p>\n

\u201cMany tomatoes farmers on the Yobe\/Kumadugu Basin and the Nguru Wetlands have abandoned their farms due to the lack of storage facilities.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt is the same predicament facing vegetable farmers in Borno, Gombe, Taraba, Adamawa, Benue, Plateau, Jigawa, Kano and all other states in the country,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Kaku said that there was gross decline in the number of irrigation farmers growing tomatoes, onion and pepper now, when compared to previous years.<\/p>\n

He said, \u201cThe farmers had in the previous years been forced to sell their produce at give-away prices at the peak of harvests and, therefore, operating at a loss.<\/p>\n

\u201cVegetables are perishable commodities and farmers in most cases have to sell the products below production costs or risk total damage, as they do not have the means of preserving the harvests.\u201d<\/p>\n

The secretary cautioned that Nigerians might experience acute scarcity of the commodities next year, because of the development.<\/p>\n

He said that tomatoes and onions farmers, who lost their products last year due to poor storage facilities, had abandoned their farms, while many others were cultivating less this season.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Yobe Basin and Nguru Wetlands alone have the capacity to meet the needs of the entire North-East and some other parts of the country, but farmers are leaving the trade due to storage challenges,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

The secretary, therefore, appealed to the federal and state governments to establish plants for the processing of excess vegetables to encourage the farmers.<\/p>\n

Such gesture, he said, would also boost the growers\u2019 income, as well as the revenue base of the government.<\/p>\n

\u201cGovernment should go into public\/private partnership with vegetable farmers on preservations and processing of vegetables in the country to encourage farmers and boost local production,\u201d he said. (NAN)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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