Nigeria: Boko Haram Resurgence Dampens Hope of Borno Farmers

23 January 2020

Maiduguri — The Boko Haram insurgency has negatively impacted on agricultural production on an immeasurable scale in Borno State, drastically reducing wet and dry season farming activities and harvests.

Farmers, who lamented the effects of the insurgency, observed that their only means of livelihood has for years remained threatened, considering the high agricultural outputs of the Lake Chad region's farming communities over the ages preceding the insurgency.

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