Food Security: We’re Ready To Farm, But Bandits Won’t Let Us, Farmers Lament

…Say insecurity keeping them away from farmlands
By ADEGWU JOHN, Abuja and AZA MSUE, Kaduna
As the 2026 planting season gathers momentum, widespread insecurity across major agricultural communities is undermining farming activities and raising concerns over food security in the country.
From the North-West to the North-East and North-Central regions, farmers are increasingly abandoning their farms due to fear of attacks by armed groups, kidnappings and other security threats. Even in some southern states, villagers are afraid to go to distant farms for fear of being attacked by terrorists.
Findings from LEADERSHIP Weekend show that insecurity has worsened in several farming commun...