3 YEARS AFTER: High Input Costs, Insecurity Undercut Federal Govt’s Food Emergency Interventions

Three years after President Bola Tinubu declared a state of emergency on food security, rising agricultural input costs, limited access to government support and insecurity continue to test the effectiveness of the federal government’s interventions.
Farmers said the cost of producing food has increased despite efforts to boost output.
The emergency declaration, issued on 13 July 2023, aimed to increase food production, improve availability, and make essential commodities more affordable.
Since then, the government has continued to pursue several measures, including the recapitalisation of the Bank of Agriculture (BOA), the National Agricultural Growth Scheme and Agro-Pocket (NAGS-A...