 There's also been an increase in the awareness, creation for famine in Benewa state, argument for disaster and increased productivity in the food baskets of the nation. Our correspondent for ancestors report focuses on the state of irrigation famine in Benewa state, the reports. A visit to River Benewa bank shows its underutilization by prospective farmers in the states, though some farmers were seen walking to keep the crops up for production. One of the farmers explained the benefit as well as the challenges of the farmers in this season. The low level of irrigation farming in the state is blamed on poor awareness sensitivity and cultural stereotypes of the Benewa rural farmers. There's no awareness like that to farmers and our people, if you go to the interior villages, they go to farm from morning to evening, morning to evening. So if there is no rain again, they concentrate on the running, you see there are some crops that you will do and have a drain, dry season. So for them to continue with it, they will not have that because they have not gone into it. Most lands at the back of the rivers are owned by people who don't engage into farming at all. The areas are occupied already. There's no point in getting there. Most farmers whom I even have the attention to go there, to my end of my getting a piece of land to farm, except if government can revisit by way of saying identify those who own the land and those who are willing to farm. According to agricultural experts, the climate change calls for more engagement like irrigation farming. You know what this country has done is, should I say, a lot. Benewa has been ignored, despite the potentials. Delegation facilities are nearly absent here in Benewa, get it? No. Despite the availability of two key rivers in Nigeria here in Benewa, you have the presence of River Benwe, River Kasnala and several of their tributaries and other water bodies that are capable of supporting irrigation farming during the drought season. Unfortunately for us, the incentives to go into irrigation farming is not here. The crops on the farms are mostly vegetables and corn cultivated in small clusters. This is grossly inadequate to meet up the rising demand as there is great need for the government to intervene to boost production. The governor-elect for Benewa State stated that his government will prioritize irrigation farming to increase yields as a means for employment and revenue generation. Hello, hope you enjoyed the news. Please do subscribe to our YouTube channel and don't forget to hit the notification button so you get notified about fresh news updates.