The Wa West District Director of Food and Agriculture, Rashid Ibrahim, is interesting to the federal government to spice up improve for farmers after a hard manufacturing 12 months characterized by means of erratic rainfall, prime enter prices, and vulnerable entrepreneur costs.

Speaking to PleasureNews’ Rafiq Salam, he defined the most important setbacks that affected yields around the district.

“The challenges farmers face, first and foremost, are rainfall. Unfortunately, the district experienced erratic rainfall. The distribution was no good, and also the issue of high cost of farming inputs like fertiliser, improved seeds, and others,” he stated.

He added that many farmers struggled to protected the crucial inputs wanted for manufacturing.

“The farmers also complained about the high cost. Some of them could not access them. And largely, they are also complaining about the lack of market.”

According to him, even those that controlled to reap aren’t making sufficient to stick afloat.

“Many of them are saying that the produce has a very low market this time. So if they sell all their produce, they will even be struggling to break even, let alone make a profit.”

Mr Ibrahim is urging the federal government to introduce more potent subsidies within the subsequent farming season.

“So, going ahead, what I will advise is that the government should try and then, in 2026, heavily subsidise farming inputs for our farmers to be able to do good farming and feed the nation.”

Addressing claims of a maize glut, he stated the placement is overstated.

“It’s no longer that a lot of a glut. The lawsuits now we have, the most productive are only a few, no longer that prime. But now we have lawsuits, sure. But it isn’t as critical as whilst you simply describe it as a glut.

Despite the setbacks, he recommended farmers for his or her resilience and output.

“What is exciting is that we are happy our farmers, despite all these challenges, have been able to produce, and they are bringing food items like maize, groundnuts, and plantain. You know, plantain is not usually cultivated here, but our farmers have made the effort to produce those ones, and they are here. Some have brought very nice animals to exhibit.”

He added that the sense of investment is shared around the district.

“I’m very excited, and the farmers are equally excited. All our workers are happy about what is going on now.”

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