موقع وجه أفريقيا موقع وجه أفريقيا هو موقع مهتم بمتابعة التطورات في القارة الأفريقية
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BENUE, Nigeria, Sept 20 (Reuters) – Nigerian farmer Enoch Fater has barely slept in the last few days after water levels started rising at his paddy rice farm and in a major river nearby, pointing to impending floods in Benue state, a major food producer in the central belt.
Two years ago, Benue was among states badly hit by the worst floods in a decade when the Benue River burst its banks following torrential rains and after neighbouring Cameroon released water from its Lagdo dam.
Cameroon this week started releasing water from the dam following heavy rainfall in West and Central Africa, which displaced millions of people and could worsen a humanitarian crisis in the region.
“It (farm) is almost covered with water again,” Fater said as he walked through his rice field knee high in water.
Fater expected to earn at least 800,000 naira ($495.60) from his 1 hectare farm this year but he now fears losing it all.
“Even the little (crop) I did now, I am about to losing it because of the water again,” he said.
