BNN Bloomberg published an article that working the land can be a dangerous occupation because of longstanding religious and ethnic tensions and, more recently, organized crime. That’s as farmers already were having to contend with flooding or drought. It’s all now hitting agriculture just when Nigeria needs it most. Warming temperatures have also turned some once green northern fields into a desert amid a shortage of water supply. Lake Chad, the biggest irrigation source in the north of Nigeria, shrunk by 90% since the 1960s, according to the United Nations’ Food and Agriculture Organization. Research Fellow and Nigeria country program leader Kwaw Andam said, “One of the key problems with Nigeria is already the low irrigation capacity and that will only be exacerbated by climate change.” Naija247News.com, Lagos Times, MSN (New Zealand), BNN Bloomberg (Canada)
