Sustained development of agricultural potential as guarantee for national food security

Across agricultural regions in Nigeria, farmers are increasingly producing under difficult and uncertain conditions. In the maize-producing plains of Kano, rising input costs are pushing cultivation beyond the reach of many smallholders, while in the rice belts of Kebbi, millers struggle with irregular supply and unstable processing chains. Similarly, in parts of Benue and Borno, yam and millet farmers recount abandoning portions of farmland not because of poor rainfall or labour shortages, but because insecurity has made cultivation increasing