Some Lagos state farmers’ associations have called for a partnership between the government and stakeholders to prevent flooding in local farms across the country.
The associations made the calls in separate interviews with the Newsmen on Wednesday in Lagos. The Deputy Chairman, All Farmers Association of Nigeria, Mr Sakin Agbayewa, called for the training of local farmers on changing weather patterns and collaboration with the Nigerian Meteorological Agency (NiMet) to prevent floods in the farms.
“As regards flooding, the government should do more to aid local farmers. Local farmers’ associations like ours should work with NiMet. We should be kept abreast of first-hand information regarding the changing weather patterns. Farmers should be adequately trained as regards the changing weather patterns as occasioned by climate change effects,” Agbayewa argued.
“With the early signal from NIMET, farmers can prepare their farms ahead of flash floods. This will, in turn, help to channel the flood away from the farms,” he said. He enjoined institutes to come up with research-friendly techniques for floods and droughts: “We have all these research institutes, let them come up with a very advanced research sequence that is friendly with floods and droughts so that local farmers can apply appropriately. “We cannot stop floods, but we can begin to do advocacy and train farmers ahead in preventing their farms from being overrun,” he said.
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