ActionAid urges Governments to promote insurance policies for farmers

ActionAid urges Governments to promote insurance policies for farmers

ActionAid Nigeria has called on federal and state governments to promote insurance policies for small-scale farmers to cushion the effect of damages caused by bandits on farms.

According to the organization, farmers cannot continue without insurance cover, given the rising agricultural risk due to insecurity, farm raid, cattle rustling, kidnapping, and climate change, among others.

This was contained in a communiqué issued at the end of a two-day Public Financing for Agriculture Budget Committee Advocacy Summit, held in Abuja.

The participants maintained that without solving food-farm security issues, the country cannot solve national and state issues, adding that with rising hunger and social insecurity, peaceful co-existence will continue to be threatened.

The statement, however, noted that to boost food security and reduce hunger, the government must scale up public investment in agriculture, including ensuring timely passage and budget releases.

The group emphasized that most agricultural activities are seasonal and determined by climate change; hence there is a need to mitigate the untimely release of funds.

ActionAid urges governments to promote insurance policies for farmers