More than 800 hectares of yam and plantain farms have been destroyed by flood in three communities in Oshimili South and Ndokwa East Local Government, Delta State, the News Agency of Nigeria reports.
Also, over 350 hectares of cassava farmland were destroyed by flood in Edo State.
The affected Delta communities are Oko Amakom, Oko Anala, Oko Ogbele in Oshimili South and Abala Oshimili in Ndokwa.
Opinion Leader in Oko Amakom, Chief Joe Opene, told NAN correspondent, who visited the areas, that about 800 hectares of farmlands had been destroyed by the ravaging flood in the communities.
He said, “Our communities are known for farming yams, potatoes, plantain and cassava.
“As I am talking now, we don’t even have these crops to plant for the next farming season, because the flood destroyed all our farm produce.
“In fact, our people are crying out of hunger, since most of them returned from the camps and our major challenge now is hunger.’’
Edo North Coordinator of All Farmers Association of Nigeria, Alhaji Abdulahi Mohammed, told NAN that the flood, which affected Etsako East and Etsako Central local governments destroyed the cassava farmland.
He lamented that most of the cassava farmland destroyed by the flood was almost at harvesting stage.
The AFAN chief called on state and Federal Governments to map out strategies of ameliorating the suffering of the affected farmers.
Mohammed said the affected farmers would face a lot of pressure coping with losses because most of them borrowed money to farm.
He urged the Federal Government to reinvigorate its agriculture policy implementation, especially that on cassava.
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