Nigerian farmers abandon farms after attacks, sending food prices higher

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Nigerian farmers abandon farms after attacks, sending food prices higher

By Ope Adetayo and Ahmed Kingimi   Hassan Ya’u, a 42-year-old maize and sesame seed farmer in Nigeria’s northern Katsina state, was tending to his crops early this month when dozens of armed men on motorcycles rode towards his plot and started shooting at close range. Ya’u and fellow farmer Musa Nasidi managed to escape, […]

Nigerian farmers abandon farms after attacks, sending food prices higher
Tribune Online

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Nigerian farmers abandon farms after attacks, sending food prices higher
By Ope Adetayo and Ahmed Kingimi   Hassan Ya’u, a 42-year-old maize and sesame seed farmer in Nigeria’s northern Katsina state, was tending to his crops early this month when dozens of armed men on motorcycles rode towards his plot and started shooting at close range. Ya’u and fellow farmer Musa Nasidi managed to escape,
Nigerian farmers abandon farms after attacks, sending food prices higher
Tribune Online