Nigeria: Soybeans Scarcity Looms Over Poor Harvest

22 November 2020

Farmers of soybeans in Benue, Katsina, Zamfara and Kaduna states have identified drought as the reason for the poor harvest experienced this year. Although the farmers and other agric experts mentioned other factors, such as high cost of inputs, inability to access fertiliser due to COVID-19 lockdown, etc, they said the long drought experienced in August was the major challenge.

Our correspondent in Benue State gathered from a cross section of farmers that the poor harvest might result to scarcity of the crop in the season ahead.

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