Quote from: DaNNy001 on Today at 06:06:32 AM

Quote from: bestcandy on June 03, 2024, 01:29:03 AM

Nigeria is country that is well known as a typical agricultural nation which was once the mainstay to the country economy and because of the agricultural strength of the country compel them to have their flag as Green White Green which signify agriculture and peace but it baffles me to see the level of hunger going on in Nigeria now to the extend that an average Nigerian cannot boast of feeding himself and family three square meal per day.
What could be the root cause of this hunger in a country that has all it takes including human capitals and natural resources to make a great nation that the whole would will cherish and envy.

The major factor for all these is petrol, agricultural produce and other things has to be transported to different places to be sold to consumers, if the traders are paying a lot of money just to transport those goods they are going to increas the price of these goods so that they won't make loss st the end of the day, The leaders of this country don't even know their left and right, they can't really handle the administrative duties of the country, people are starving and facing hardship everywhere, The only solution from the president was to increase minimum wage to 70000 naira... increasing mining wage when the price of everything has sky rocketed isn't going to change anything..They should start with the reduction of the price of petrol

Transportation costs and other conveniences are quite influential. Gasoline may be an important factor and I think what you say is true.
However, it all comes back to government policy, because the government has an important role in everything, even though a country has abundant agricultural products, this does not guarantee prosperity if the government does not make policies that are profitable for farmers.

There are several agricultural countries that have the same fate as Nigeria.
In my country, Indonesia is also the same, there are lots of agricultural products here but not many farmers live prosperously and the main factor is the government's lack of support for them regarding the policies they make, I think that is also the same as in Nigeria.