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Food Security: More Anambra Residents Embrace Farming

The harsh economic realities in the country has pushed many Nigerians into farming even those in urban areas as some available farm land in Onitsha metropolis have been cleared getting set for cultivation.

 

Correspondent Blessing ijedibia met a professional Photographer, Mr Chidozie Okoli in his farm in Awada area of Onitsha metropolis clearing bush in readiness for farming as according to him, the Photographing job is no longer yielding enough to meet the needs of his family, and hence he ventured into farming.

Also at the hinterland of Umuoji and Ojoto most bushes have been cleared with heaps of yams, cassava and corn cultivation.

 

A farmer, Mrs Uzoamaka Okeke emphasized that the high cost of farm seedlings in the market will not deter her from farming this season.

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