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FOOD SECURITY VS FARMERS' SECURITY IN NIGERIA Nigeria is a blessed country with abundant human and natural resources. One of the key non oil sectors of the country remains agriqculture. However, it is plaqued by rising insecurity where farmers have been regularly attacked, killed and displaced from their ancestral lands. Farmers' security is also threatened by the inability of many of them to enjoy basic amenities such as electricity, clean water, good roads and hospitals  in rural areas. To this end, one begins to wonder how the country can feed itself and export sufficiently as a means of diversifying the economy. Although, there are many prosperous and wealthy farmers across Nigeria, several others live in abject poverty as they practice subsistence farming. Many farmers are unable to cultivate their vast farmlands due to inability to afford the services of machines and implements. The cost of agrochemicals is also beyond the affordability of many farmers. Governments at nat...