Daily Post Nigeria
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Stakeholders in the Agricultural Sector have appealed to the Federal Government to intervene in the plan by the Onions Farmers Association to suspend the supply of the produce to the Southeast.
DAILY POST recalls that the National President of onion producers, Mr Aliyu Umar, had on May 30 said the association would suspend the supply of onions to the region following the deteriorating security situations in the area.
He alleged that two truckloads of the produce were recently hijacked by unknown gunmen in the region.
In an interview with NAN on Wednesday, some stakeholders in the sector lamented the outcome of the decision on both farmers and buyers in the affected region.
Mr
Paul Ikonne, Executive Secretary, National Agricultural Land Development Authority (NALDA) said there was need to urgently address the insecurity challenges in the country in order to overcome challenge of food shortage. Ikonne noted that dialogue remained critical in addressing issues of insecurity and herders, adding that a peaceful dialogue between farmers and herders would prevent future clashes.
”I believe that the herders want their cattle to be healthy so they can sell and make profit. What this means is that they also want a conducive environment to do their business.
”So, NALDA is going to engage them and the communities; we will create an avenue where they can feed their cattle so that we all can live in peace,” he said.
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