Funding TELA Maize Through Constituency Projects, Will Ensure Food Security
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This page is a reposted news article detailing a campaign by Nigerian smallholder farmers urging lawmakers to redirect constituency project funds toward distributing high-yielding TELA maize seeds. The text highlights the farmers' frustration with politicians building infrastructure while they struggle to access quality inputs, specifically citing the TELA variety's pest resistance and drought resilience as key benefits for national food security.
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“Nigerian farmers have called on the federal government and members of the National Assembly to dedicate a portion of their annual constituency project funds to the provision of high-quality seeds, particularly the high-yielding TELA maize variety, as a strategic move to reduce the country's reliance on maize imports.”
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“We—the ones producing the bulk of the food—can't even afford good seeds to plant.”
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“TELA resists pests, grows well with fewer inputs, and yields more. This seed should become a national priority for food production.”
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