Nigeria may face a shortage of agricultural produce in the coming months as severe floods continues to ravage farmlands across the country.
In the Northeastern State of Taraba, farmers are being forced to harvest their immature crops.
According to them the move will save them from possible starvation.
TVC’s Sarah Ayeku who visited some of the flood-ravaged communities captured the farmers’ plight in a 3 day flying visit through some of the flood ravaged areas.
She talked about how enthralling the sight is for a first time visitor in Taraba state, the beautiful clouds and intimidating mountains conjoined at a distance.
Even for frequent visitors and indigenes of the warrior clan, they cannot get enough of the beauty and shield nature has preserved for decades.
But beneath the lush green and beautiful mountains, as well as the things that make the indigenes and residents of this state happy, lies the pains of many locals along the southern part of the Taraba.
Floods of pain unleashed by heavy rainfall.
For the locals, it is a familiar enemy that comes to steal time and whatever is in its wake, killing the helpless and destroying homes and farmlands.
This year, it has become more ferocious, perhaps, the worst that the state has witnessed in recent times.
The 2022 floods have already killed a few persons.
The locals are scouting for what to eat.
The 2022 floods have come with a great consequence for food security, leaving tears in its wake.
For Muktar Haruna who is a rice farmer in Gassol local government area of the state, He and his siblings are racing against time, harvesting what’s left of their rice field.
With a boat, they paddle through the floods in a bid to rescue their crops.
In Ibi, the devastation is written across flooded communities.
As the floods continue to ravage communities here in Taraba, the echoes of their pleas are resounding to save communities from extinction.
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