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Excess Food Storage Worries Ex-AFAN Chief
A former Chairman of All Farmers Association of Nigeria (AFAN) in Delta, Mr Jerry Ossai, has expressed concern over the storage of excess food, as farmers expect bumper harvest this year.
Ossai told The Tide soruce at Asaba on Monday that the current rainfall pattern was quite good for the cultivation of tubers, tree crops and vegetables.
He said that the challenges facing the farmers included poor roads network as well as lack of preservation, processing and storage facilities.
According to him, the rains have been quite good, particularly for tubers, tree crops and vegetables.
”Farmers are expecting good harvest this year but the problems will be how to preserve, process and store excess food.
”Besides, poor roads network tend to hinder the movement of foodstuffs across the country,’’ he added.
In another development, parts of Asaba, the state capital, were flooded on Monday, following a downpour on Sunday night.
Our source reports that the flood did not allow several civil servants to have access to their offices in the Old State Secretariat on Summit Road on Monday.
Also, several streets, including Direct Labour Way and Okpanam Road, among others, were flooded.
Meanwhile, the state government has already deployed tracetors, trucks and labourers to evacuate sand from the blocked drainage channels of Okpanam Road to ensure free flow water.