Feeding Nigeria begins with protecting farmland

    Oluwole Crowther | Editor’s picks | Jul 18, 2025    
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Recent media reports indicate that rural farmers in Nigeria are increasingly losing access to their farmlands as real estate developers expand deeper into the countryside. This development poses a direct threat to food security in a country where inflation has only been kept in check through the opening of borders to rice and other grains, alongside coordinated policy efforts.

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