My Neighborhood Watch #117 - Reporting Events Around us

Agriculture plays a major role in the development and support of the economy here in Nigeria. It's the backbone that pushes the economy to a better state, mainly from the export of home made products and resources. Knowing how important Agriculture is in today's economy, the government doesn't really pay much attention to this very system.

The Government of our land pays little attention to the improvement of mechanised agriculture in Nigeria. There are certain problem farmers face everyday in our neighborhood of which will be made known in my post.

📍Use of crude tools: Here in my neighborhood farmers still use crude tools which makes farming and production tough. Hoe, shovel,rake and other crude tools are still in use instead of tractors, planter, power tiller and so on.

📍 Insecurity: Insecurity is the major problem mostly in rural areas. Farmers aren't safe anymore to cultivate their land.

📍Simple farming: most farmers still practice simple which is mainly for their household alone. It can be as a result of availability of crude tools or no land problem.

📍High cost of inputs: inputs are very expensive which makes farming difficult for farmers. Inputs like fertilisers and improved seeds are expensive for most farmers to purchase.

Farmers around my neighborhood are still putting in much energy to make available food crops for their family. The picture below shows how I went for land clearing and soil tillage while using crude tools.
Crude tools doesn't stops us from farming but keeps the production low for household usage only. We are so blessed with diverse natural resources to put us ahead of other states but usage of crude tools and cost inputs puts us below.

Agriculture serves as a major help in today's Nigeria economy in so many ways which include;

📍Source of food: Agriculture plays a crucial role in food aspect by providing energy to both humans and plants. Cassava production serves lives over here because it can be used for diverse food type.

📍Making available raw materials for food industries:
Agriculture makes available raw materials used in production of other food like bread and beverages.

📍 Animal Product: Animal products provides meats, eggs and cash to farmers and others.

We are benefiting alot from agriculture so the government should do well to make it easy for us. Most crops harvested serve multi-purposes as cash crops and for food. All we need is for the government to fight insecurities, provide my neighbourhood with inputs and mechanised equipments to aid farming.

This very picture shows how palm oil is locally produced which involve hectic processes and stages. The mechanised machines will help quicken the job and also give a more productive outcome.

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