On-the-Ground Update

Kebbi farmers count losses, as flood overruns communities

Anthonia Egbe
Published Oct 2, 2020
Persistent rainfall and flooding has washed away many farms, submerged communities and drowned travelers in Taraba State, in Northern Nigeria.
Flood submerged more than 450,000 hectares of rice plantation in the lowlands, and over 50,000 hectares of millet, sorghum, maize and sugarcane were also destroyed on the highlands.
Rice farmers were the worst hit. This is because rice constitutes about 90 per cent of the total plantation. The remaining crops stood at only ten per cent.
This is expected to heighten the grain scarcity currently experienced in the country.
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