Adebayo T Adeleke

GMO Seeds Are Entering Nigeria Quietly Not all genetically modified seeds are safe. Some are banned in other countries for a reason. But here? They’re being rebranded as “innovation.” Seeds that can’t be replanted. Seeds that damage the soil. Seeds that trap farmers in cycles…

Children are eating every day, but still starving. Not all hunger is visible, malnutrition is the quiet killer in Nigeria’s food crisis.

No storage. No roads. No credit. No market access. But we blame the farmer. Fix the system, not the survivor.

Nigeria teaches agriculture in school. But when students graduate, they run far from it. No land, no tools, no support. Just theory, then silence. Who will feed us when everyone wants out?

The farmer harvested. The food spoiled on the farm. There was no way to move it. Tonight, a child sleeps hungry. This is the reality of Nigeria’s food chain 😬

We keep telling farmers to produce more, But where are the silos? Where are the cold rooms? Food security isn’t a prayer point, it’s a plan.

Food isn’t scarce, it’s stranded. We grow enough tomatoes in Kano, but Lagos buys them at triple the price. Why? The roads. Until we fix logistics, Nigeria’s food security will remain a mirage

The average farmer in Nigeria is over 50. Meanwhile, our youth are chasing city jobs that barely pay. If the farms go quiet, the markets will go empty. We must make agriculture attractive again. Or we are planting hunger for tomorrow.

Tomatoes are everywhere this season, but somehow still not on every plate. When food is available but unaffordable, it is not food security, it is silent hunger. Let’s fix the system, not just the supply.

Every new week, millions of Nigerians go to bed with barely enough nutrients to survive. We’re not just battling hunger, we’re battling poor food quality and access.

New week, and we’re still spending more just to eat the basics. Prices are rising faster than most incomes, but the real issue? We don’t produce enough, and we waste too much. This isn’t just inflation, it’s a broken food system. We need to fix it!

Half of the food we grow never makes it to the plate. It’s not hunger, it’s waste 😬

You can’t fight hunger with guesswork. How do we have no national food data? No harvest records, no proper storage inventory. We’re trying to feed 200M people blindfolded.

We grow food we can’t store, and waste what we can’t move. Nigeria loses over 50% of perishable crops because storage facilities are almost nonexistent. Imagine if we kept what we already produce.

Every year, they say “agriculture is the future.” But no land, no funding, no respect. Young people want to farm. They just don’t want to suffer. Fix the system, and the future will follow.

Cities are hungry. Rural farmers are poor. There’s food in the village, and hunger in the city. Until our supply chain is fixed, the crisis will only grow

Nigeria doesn’t lack fertile land, farmers, or ambition. What we lack is leadership that prioritizes food systems. No policy consistency, no funding, no follow-up. A broken system isn’t accidental. It’s neglected

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You can eat every day and still be food insecure. If all you can afford is starch, your body is starving in slow motion. Food security = nutrients, not just quantity.

It’s a new week, but the same question still stands: Why is food available in farms but scarce in cities? Until Nigeria fixes its broken supply chain, food security will remain a buzzword.