Chima Azubuike
Small-Scale Women Farmers Organisation in Nigeria and Gombe State Budget Committee Group have raised concerns over the threats posed by climate change to food security, urging the state government to embrace climate-resilient sustainable agriculture.
Their stance was raised by the Gombe State coordinator, Airudia Mamman, while presenting the Gombe State 2024 Agriculture Budget Observations and Recommendations sponsored with support from the Hope Foundation for the Lonely, and ActionAid Nigeria on Friday.
SWOFON said the government should encourage agroecology as it would boost productivity and harness the state’s potential to attain food security.
She said, “With the increase in climatic changes – global warming, floods, and its adverse effects on the yield in agriculture together with the insecurity as a result of food insecurity, there is a need for climate-resilient/agroecological practices and technology for sustainable food production to mitigate climate change.
“These practices include improved soil and land management practices, crop production interventions and cropping systems organic manures and pesticides etc.
“The 2024 budget has not made provision for Climate Resilient Sustainable Agriculture. The situation has been the same for years despite advocacies by the Budget committee for the government to adopt climate resilient sustainable agriculture due to climatic change globally.”
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