Food Shortage

[bisdak40]

Like I replied in your other post, this is a general economy board, so the local board (Nigeria) is the appropriate place to post this since your are speaking from the Nigeria perspective. Incase you feel like posting it on this board, then it is advisable to specify the country, so as to get all audience along with the context.

Back to the post: the whole situation was never like this back then in 2012/13/14/15 and early 2016. This current and previous administration clearly show how poor the administration have been. They clearly lack the capacity to grow and move a nation forward. They think they are doing their best, but i can tell you that their best is never enough.

Exactly, you remembered that they where this certain period of time farmers where scared to work on their farm because of insecurity reasons and that also lead to low food storage.And food stuff became expensive to afford.They just need to encourage the farmers with facilities and good security.

Yes, Farmers are not taken care well and they don't have enough budget to produce food. The food demands are getting higher they must give importance and take action and help farmers so that they can have good produce.

[Dr.Bitcoin_Strange]

Any country with food shortage should make provisions for food for its citizens either by importing or go into a massive agricultural program for the provision of food. This is why it is important for individuals and private organizations to invest in agriculture so that they can provide food for the country. We don't need to wait for the government, because in some countries the government do not care about providing enough food for the people but they are after themselves alone. Government should have their own farms that they can use to feed the nation, so that there will be no food shortage.

Of course, that should be there priority too, not only demanding us to pay taxes and all that, they should also be able to provide our basic needs which is food and security, also provide all the necessary equipment for the farmers to make things easier and faster for them, which can help in providing enough food for its people. Those government that refuse to help the farmers if eventually the farmers decide to stop farming, it will affect them and the society in which it will pave way for our youths to engage themselves in activities that are against the law such as kidnapping, killing, stealing etc. so let's help each other in a way we can.

[Chilwell]

Yes, Farmers are not taken care well and they don't have enough budget to produce food. The food demands are getting higher they must give importance and take action and help farmers so that they can have good produce.

Farmers needs the support of the government. Governments should provide farmers with necessary support to enhance agricultural productivity and ensure food security. They should provide equipment and machinery that they will use so that they should be able  them to farm more food for the People's consumption, they should provide enough quality seeds to generate more food, they should provide the farmers with the fertilizer that they will put on the crops to grow faster and well. Number of people are increasing continuously, so food should not be shortage because people need to consume more food, for the growth/development of the body.

By working together, we can ensure that everyone has access to nutritious food, support rural development, and promote sustainable agriculture practices.

[DragonF]

Farmers needs the support of the government. Governments should provide farmers with necessary support to enhance agricultural productivity and ensure food security. They should provide equipment and machinery that they will use so that they should be able  them to farm more food for the People's consumption, they should provide enough quality seeds to generate more food, they should provide the farmers with the fertilizer that they will put on the crops to grow faster and well. Number of people are increasing continuously, so food should not be shortage because people need to consume more food, for the growth/development of the body.

By working together, we can ensure that everyone has access to nutritious food, support rural development, and promote sustainable agriculture practices.

Unfortunately, even when incentives and empowerments are provided to farmers, not all genuine farmers have access to them due to the manner in which the incentives are distributed. Farmers are sometimes required to submit applications online, and because some of these real farmers lack access to and knowledge of the empowerment, those who apply for it are mostly enlightened citizens rather than genuine farmers.

Therefore, attention must be focused on how farmers' incentives are distributed because personally I am aware of some government empowerments directed to farmers but were poorly done. When it comes to government empowerment, I believe that rather than doing it online, a committee should be formed to travel around and get to know the genuine farmers before empowering them.

[target]

Farmers needs the support of the government. Governments should provide farmers with necessary support to enhance agricultural productivity and ensure food security. They should provide equipment and machinery that they will use so that they should be able  them to farm more food for the People's consumption, they should provide enough quality seeds to generate more food, they should provide the farmers with the fertilizer that they will put on the crops to grow faster and well. Number of people are increasing continuously, so food should not be shortage because people need to consume more food, for the growth/development of the body.

By working together, we can ensure that everyone has access to nutritious food, support rural development, and promote sustainable agriculture practices.

Unfortunately, even when incentives and empowerments are provided to farmers, not all genuine farmers have access to them due to the manner in which the incentives are distributed. Farmers are sometimes required to submit applications online, and because some of these real farmers lack access to and knowledge of the empowerment, those who apply for it are mostly enlightened citizens rather than genuine farmers.

Therefore, attention must be focused on how farmers' incentives are distributed because personally I am aware of some government empowerments directed to farmers but were poorly done. When it comes to government empowerment, I believe that rather than doing it online, a committee should be formed to travel around and get to know the genuine farmers before empowering them.

Government is not been effective in it's ways. They are even making the lives of these farmers worse than before they only make It convenient to large farms who also give them flavor.

If you are a farmer with nothing to offer, then you're nothing to the government. My family been a rice farmer since the great great grandpa. They have to beg for the department of agriculture for the better seedlings that can grow faster in different seasons.

[DrBeer]

I'm about to say words that a lot of people won't like, but unfortunately - it will be the truth.
It is not profitable for the state to support small farmers!
To support small farmers - It is difficult, it does not guarantee the result, it does not allow to realize corruption schemes and many other things. It is easier to “feed” 2-3-5-10 large agricultural holdings, which can guarantee contractual supplies, be loyal to the authorities, flexible and technological enough.... And this “model” works in most countries ! Unfortunately ...

[bitbit97]

Speaking about small farmers, I find it strange how people somehow support them in a strange way. Not a mystery that farmers, when they sell their products, put higher or cost price for their products, which is higher than we had in mass market or chain stores. People come, see that tomatoes cost 5-7 EUR/kg, and go to regular store to buy exported tomatoes for 2-3 EUR/kg.

Speaking about small farmers, I have seen many times how they go bankrupt or end business on purpose, because they cant produce «EU standard» product, nor ready to sell their products for nothing, to have them imported and exported back with high price and labeled «EU standard». Example, local farmers sold milk for nothing, it has been imported to other country to a factory, where it has been sterilized, then it is exported back and become EU standard milk with a price of x3-x4 from origin.

[DrBeer]

Speaking about small farmers, I find it strange how people somehow support them in a strange way. Not a mystery that farmers, when they sell their products, put higher or cost price for their products, which is higher than we had in mass market or chain stores. People come, see that tomatoes cost 5-7 EUR/kg, and go to regular store to buy exported tomatoes for 2-3 EUR/kg.

Speaking about small farmers, I have seen many times how they go bankrupt or end business on purpose, because they cant produce «EU standard» product, nor ready to sell their products for nothing, to have them imported and exported back with high price and labeled «EU standard». Example, local farmers sold milk for nothing, it has been imported to other country to a factory, where it has been sterilized, then it is exported back and become EU standard milk with a price of x3-x4 from origin.

There is often a theme that products from the farmer - they are ecological, without GMOs and other “scares” for the mass consumer !  People have invented their own fears and “heroically fight against them”
On the other hand, farmers can grow more interesting varieties, with other consumer properties, which can attract buyers and justify a higher price. Plus farmer's fairs (I judge by those that take place in our country) always offer a wider assortment and price range - there is, conditionally, the same product, and cheaper, for people with small incomes, and more expensive (for example, larger, ripe, juicy fruits), for people with higher incomes.

[Didia Sofunichi]

Food shortage is a challenge that should give government at all levels in every clime concern. When there's food shortage there's likely to be inflation as demand for food will be greater than the supply for food.

Food shortage mostly is caused by natural disaster and in some cars man. The Nigeria experience for instance is caused by crisis which is man made

[electronicash]

Food shortage is a challenge that should give government at all levels in every clime concern. When there's food shortage there's likely to be inflation as demand for food will be greater than the supply for food.

Food shortage mostly is caused by natural disaster and in some cars man. The Nigeria experience for instance is caused by crisis which is man made

my country experience calamities every year, the pacific typhoon always ruins the crops of the farmers but because there are plenty of them, they still could supply the whole country and our government also import rice and some products that are pretty much cheaper than the local products.

the calamities should have been a wake up call or us but we re used to them already and my country still is abundant with food. surrounded by waters and the land is rich fit for planting crops.

[rachael9385]

Food shortage in a country in this present generation can be caused if only the citizens are not engaging in agriculture if they are, there is no way a country would surfer from natural food scarcity. Like in my country where everyone loves agriculture despite the poor Economy but there is no food scarcity rather the foods are gotten agriculturally and even sold for some money to meet up the standard of the economy. There can't be food shortage in my country and I'm proud of that. Everyone does there thing and does not involve the government in this aspect.

[Didia Sofunichi]

In some cases where the farmers and the sellers are not the problem. There are crops and seeds to plant but no one is ready to farm. Not in the case of insecurity or government not giving necessary materials, it is where everyone is looking for white collar job.

Yes, I'm Nigeria for instance everyone wants to work in an oil company or one government agency or parastatal, they see farming as occupation for the poor

[bitterguy28]

Yes, I'm Nigeria for instance everyone wants to work in an oil company or one government agency or parastatal, they see farming as occupation for the poor

to be fair many farmers really are poor because they got to farming because it was the job that is most available to them but the thing is it does not offer a lot of space for growth especially because the land where they plant in is not theirs or maybe it is theirs but it is not that big anyway

but if you have a big land and you can tap in to the right market farming could definitely make you rich

[Celsius]

Generally, food shortage occurs in a country due to various reasons, especially in agriculture, if there is no rain on time, water irrigation cannot be provided, then food production will be less, if the increased population will cause most of the pressure on food. Abundance of agricultural facilities and increased population are enough to cause food shortage in a country.  Moreover, if the population is not active in a country and becomes a burden for the country, then it is not possible to develop the agriculture of that country and if agriculture does not develop, there will be a definite food shortage in that country.

[target]

Yes, I'm Nigeria for instance everyone wants to work in an oil company or one government agency or parastatal, they see farming as occupation for the poor

to be fair many farmers really are poor because they got to farming because it was the job that is most available to them but the thing is it does not offer a lot of space for growth especially because the land where they plant in is not theirs or maybe it is theirs but it is not that big anyway

but if you have a big land and you can tap in to the right market farming could definitely make you rich

Apart from that small land even if you have vast land a farmer will still find it hard to supply enough to make riches because of the laws created by the governments today.

In Europe the farmers were limited to one a number of cows to grow because of new laws about cows. The fishiing industry also have limits where there are seasons for fishing and season to stop fishing.