INSECURITY AND RETARDATION OF AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION IN THE BENUE VALLEY: Implications for Nigerian Industrialization.
Professor Toryina Ayati Varvar
Abstract
The paper takes a historical look at the phenomena of crises and insecurity in the Benue Valley area
of Nigeria. Using extant historical sources, it affirms the indispensable nexus between thriving
agricultural production and successful industrialization. The evidence thrown up leads to the major
conclusion that the persistent crisis and insecurity in the Benue valley area and the resultant massive
disruption of agricultural activities poses a grave danger to Nigeria’s quest for industrialization and
sustainable development. Given the increasing prevalence of the crisis and insecurity situation in…