NISS trains farmers on soil management after floods

The North Central Zone of the Nigeria Institute of Soil Science has organised a three day workshop for farmers and agricultural extension agents.

This follows the devastating effects of the recent Floods on farmlands across Nigeria.

The workshop will enlighten participants on climate smart agriculture to mitigate against the impact of flood on the soil in the affected states..

The September and October floods, caused by high rainfalls and the opening of the lagdo dam in Cameroon, had a devastating effect on agriculture.

Plants were washed away and soil layers were destroyed, escalating threats of food shortage in the coming year but experts say with aggressive dry season farming, Nigeria can move from food security to food sovereignty.

This is why the Nigeria institute of soil science is training farmers from the north central states of Nigeria on best practices to take in order to mitigate the effects of flooding on the soil.

The training workshop was declared open by the vice chancellor of the federal university of technology Minna, professor Abdullahi Bala.

He noted that the training could not have come at a better time, as it will give farmers the requisite knowledge on the best agricultural practices to mitigate the damage done by Flooding on the soil

Farmers at the training say they have recorded various degrees of losses to the flood but are upbeat that the training will help them recoup what has been lost.