Shonga: Rice farmers seek intervention as dry season flood submerges 3,000 hectares

TUNDE OYEKOLA examines the unprecedented dry season flooding in three Kwara LGAs, where over 5,000 rice farmers lost more than 3,000 hectares of farmland worth N11.5bn As Nigeria grapples with the problem of food security, the recent flooding of Shonga Rice Farm in Edu Local Government of Kwara State, which reportedly submerged about 5,000 hectares

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