The management of the Lower Niger River Basin Development Authority (LNRBDA) has revealed its contribution towards solving transportation challenges faced by farmers.
In an interview with journalists in Ilorin, the Managing Director of the authority, Dr Adeniyi Saheed Aremu, disclosed that transportation of food has been one of the factors responsible for food shortage in the country, hence, the authority constructed a number of access roads in both urban and rural settlements.
He added, “Some of those roads in the rural areas link the farm sites to the towns to help farmers convey their produce to the nearest markets to prevent post-harvest losses thereby improving the livelihood of the farmers and ensuring food sufficiency.”
Dr Aremu also said that the authority had in 2017 also established a greenhouse for the production of assorted vegetables under a controlled environment. A herd of cattle is being raised for fattening and dairies.
Meanwhile, in a bid to give farmers a good platform for productivity, the agency has also carried out about 60 projects ranging from dam construction, boreholes drilling and Flood and Erosion Control Works in different localities under its coverage.
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LNRBDA solving farmers’ food transportation challenge, says MD
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