Harvest your farm produce as soon as possible

Harvest your farm produce as soon as possible - NiMet advise

The Nigerian Meteorological Agency has advised farmers especially those by the river banks have been advised to immediately harvest their farm produce as soon as possible following a recent climate emergency with attendant rains witnessed in the year 2022.

A chief Metrologist with the Agency Onyilo Desmond, stated this in Ilorin during a workshop for stakeholders in the Agricultural sector.

Onyilo told farmers to “harvest whatever is left of their farm produce and leave the river banks if their farms have been inundated and for farmers whose farms have not been inundated, they should just start immediately to harvest ,no time should be wasted”.

In his remarks the Programme Officer HEDA resource Centre Shiro Olawale Oreoluwa, stated that with the mid-season interaction with small holder farmers ,“it is hoped that farmers and agricultural extension agents will find it easier to plan and make the best decisions.

He said working with agro -meteorological data, from relevant agencies to build early warning sign systems and a robust system for the generation and utilization of climate information into food systems will boost food production in the country .

The programme organized by the Human and Environmental Development Agenda in conjunction with Oxfam, NiMet, Ministry of foreign Affairs Netherlands and Pan African Climate Justice Alliance, to train farmers in the state on need to consider climate change in their farming activities.

The program also is designed to engage farmers in Agricultural Practices that are beneficial and will not lead to loss of their input and the resources used in starting up their Agricultural production.

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