How will you improve rural feeder roads and infrastructure to help farmers transport their produce?
I understand the frustration of having good land but no way to move your harvest. My administration will prioritize farm-to-market rural feeder roads under public-private partnerships, and expand the Rural Access and Agricultural Marketing Project (RAAMP) using matching federal-state funds to pave these critical routes. I'll also build regional agro-processing zones near farming clusters like yours, invest in aggregation centres, warehouses, and cold chain systems, and deploy off-grid solar cold-storage facilities so your produce reaches buyers before it spoils.
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p. 3 Introduction Atiku Abubakar: Answers to questions from the public 2026-10-02 ›
Q6: Farmers produce food, but bad roads, poor market access and post-harvest losses mean produce either spoils or becomes expensive before reaching consumers. How will you solve this? Answer: My administration will prioritize farm-to-market rural feeder roads under public-private partnerships, establish regional agro-processing zones near farming clusters, and deploy off-grid solar cold-storage facilities to eliminate post-harvest spoilage. Q7: Fertilizer and other farming inputs are too expensive. How will you make farming more affordable and profitable for farmers? Answer: My policy deploys a direct e-wallet input delivery system to provide subsidized fertilizers, high-yield seeds, and pest protection directly to verified smallholders, bypassing middlemen while expanding low-interest agricultural loans via the Bank of Agriculture. Q8: Nigeria has large areas of agricultural land but still imports significant amounts of food. What is your plan for increasing domestic food production and food security? Answer: My strategy expands large-scale irrigation systems (dams and boreholes) for year-round farming, encourages commercial agriculture alongside smallholder development, and deploys Agro-Rangers to secure farmland against attacks.