The Lagos State Government (LASG) has called on the residents to embrace subsistence farming by growing different crops within their homes to cushion the high cost of food items in the state.
Subsistence agriculture occurs when farmers grow crops to meet the needs of themselves and their families on smallholdings.
Ms Abisola Olusanya, the state Commissioner for Agriculture and Food Systems, made the call at a news conference on Wednesday in Lagos.
Olusanya urged Lagos residents to embrace subsistence farming to boost food security.
“We call on Lagos residents to get into some kind of urban farming. Grow something in your home that you can eat, it helps lessen the burden as a society,” the commissioner said.
On the distribution of food palliatives to residents, she assured residents of transparency in the distribution of the Federal Government’s rice to states whenever it arrives.
She said 500,000 beneficiaries had benefited from the state’s palliatives including rice, garri and beans.
Olusanya said that the palliatives were distributed to the beneficiaries through the Community Development Areas across the state monitored by civil society, religious groups and labour unions. (NAN)
