More and more people are moving away from agricultural background to relocate to cities abroad in order to look for work. What will be the consequences of this? What solutions can you offer?

Nowadays, farmers are migrating to urban cities in search of better jobs.

This

essay will discuss the consequences of

this

, which are, decrease in

food

production and

overpopulation

in mega cities.

This

essay will

also

discuss the solutions that

government

can implement to prevent

this

, and how investments by companies can be of immense help to farmers. Farmers move from rural areas to big cities in search of jobs and

better life

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a better life

for their families.

This

movement

Accept comma addition

movement, however

however

, has resulted in labour shortage in

country side

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the country side

, resulting

to decline

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decline

in

food

production and

also

overpopulation

in the mega cities. Research has shown that in Nigeria, there has been a 70% increase in migration

by

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of

farmers to cities like Lagos and Abuja between 2008 and 2016, with Lagos regarded as the most populous city in West African. Nigeria has resorted to importing foods that were originally produced and farmed in the

country

due to the decrease in farming. It can be inferred that one of the ramifications of agriculturalists seeking better opportunities by migrating to metropolitan areas is a decline in

food

productivity

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production

producing

and

overpopulation

in mega cities.

Government

can help mitigate these consequences, by creating various incentives

such

as: providing loans to agriculturalists in order to increase farming. Multinational companies can

also

invest in rural areas,

this

(used to introduce a logical conclusion) from that fact or reason or as a result

thus

creating job opportunities for farmers and residents, which will encourage them to stay and not move to other cities, thereby preventing

overpopulation

in the cities.

For example

, in 2018, the Nigerian federal

government

created an incentive for only farmers from the northern part of the

country

, giving them access to loans from any bank up to 10,000 US dollars.

This

has created a surge in

faming

the practice of cultivating the land or raising stock

farming

gaming

activities in that region. These initiatives by

government

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the government

governments

and companies will go a long way to convince farmers to remain in the

country side

rural regions

countryside

. In conclusion, migration

by

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of

farmers to urban areas has seen a drastic increase over time.

This

essay has discussed the problems posed by

this

are, a decrease in

food

production and over-populous cities. These problems,

however

, can be mitigated by the help of the

government

and other international companies.